Eli5 Whats special about lighspeed?

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What about lightspeed makes it related to time. Why would really dense things distort time?

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E = mc²

E is energy in Joules. m is mass in kilograms. c is the speed of light.

A rest mass has energy proportional to the speed of light squared.

In other words, if you create a nuclear reaction the amount of energy released would equal the amount of mass lost times speed of light squared.

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