Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible
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Massive objects curve space. (Edit… It curves spacetime, I know… But for this analogy let’s say it curves space) The closer you are to one, the more the curvature.(Edit: think of a heavy ball on a flexible rubber sheet) Two points on a flat surface are closer (straight line…closest distance between points) than the same two points when you curve the surface. So if you travel between the same two points when you’re near a massive object, the curvature of space leads to you taking more time. So, time moves slower closer to massive objects.
This is a direct result of General Relativity and has been proven experimentally.
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