I'm not implying that a portal or wormhole or whatever sci fi device you want to insert has any basis in any model of physics (although in my extremely limited understanding, there do appear to be mathematical models for traversable wormholes, such as the Ellis Drainhole, albeit not necessarily...
Thanks Mister T, so acceleration is irrelevant in this case, all that would matter is your velocity relative to your original inertial reference frame? So someone who stepped through a portal instantaneously and traveled 30 light years from their original inertial reference frame would be...
Thank you for the helpful replies. The reason I've found it difficult to work out in the past is that descriptions of time dilation due to relative velocity always involve constant acceleration at some % of c. I can see that the closer to c you get the stronger the difference on your 'ship's...
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I've been trying to work this out for quite a while and I just can't seem to get anywhere. My question is, if I were to travel between two points, say from Earth to a planet in the Trappist system, I know that if I traveled in a vehicle I would experience time dilation, but if I were to...