RE: How exactly does gravity affect time?
February 21, 2016 at 8:28 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2016 at 8:29 am by Alex K.)
(February 21, 2016 at 6:28 am)ignoramus Wrote: Since we're on a tangent, here's another silly one for you Alex.
Whatever Dark energy/Dark Matter is, it's always been there. C is a constant.
Would the value of true theoretical value of C change if we discovered it was being restricted by this Dark Matter/Energy.
EG: Is there such a thing as a true void in space?
I would say it is the other way around - if you give up the assumption of a constant speed of light, relativity theory needs such a profound revision that the meaning of dark energy and its properties might need to be rethought completely. As far as we understand now, dark energy does not affect the speed of light in this sense, nor does dark matter. The only effect DM should have on light is that it slows time through its gravity, and so as seen from far away light appears to take longer from A to B.
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