Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hi I am in eighth grade and need help on my experiment on time travel moreover is you can speed around the earths timezone at light speed can you go into a total other day. any help would be nice thank you Any other useful information you have on physics Theory of realitivity or time travel in general would be nice thank you

Daniella - Your subject is very interesting and there are vast references available on the internet to explore the theories of relativity including the space-time continuum. The experts are best at assisting when you are in the 'sticky' parts of an experiment or project. Good luck in your investigation.

Rick Marz

You've heard of the twin paradox, right? It's a theory that stands with Special Relativity (One twin stays on earth, the other leaves traveling at the speed of light) that revolves around the higher speed you go, the slower time passes. So when the traveling twin returns home, he finds his other twin is much older.... rather oxymoronic

I read The World in A Nutshellby Stephen Hawking, and he said time travel would be possible through worm holes throughout space-time. But again, he said that they might not exist, so its either possible or not.

If you want resources:
Relativityby Albert Einstein
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The World in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking

There's plenty of other websites and books and juicy info to refer to!

Best of Luck,
--Murphy--