Does being in space make you age slower?

That’s because space-time isn’t flat — it’s curved, and it can be warped by matter and energy. And for astronauts on the International Space Station, that means they get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. That’s because of time-dilation effects.

Would you live longer if you lived in space?

No. There is nothing special about space itself that changes the perception of time. Even the word space is ill-defined, but it usually means “outside of Earth’s atmosphere”, that is, if you go up far enough, you’ll end up there.

Why did Romilly wait 23 years?

Under the influence of a strong gravitational field, time tends to slow down relatively. Roughly, 2 seconds spent on Miller’s planet was equal to around 20 hours on Endurance. So, what was just a matter of hours for Coop and Brand, turned out to be 23 years for Romily and Murph.

What did Murph figure out in interstellar?

But in The Science Of Interstellar, Kip Thorne interprets that Murph has figured out how to reduce Earth’s natural gravitational pull. If you can reduce Earth’s gravity, it makes it a lot easier for rocket propulsion to lift a colony big enough to support life into space.

Why do astronauts age so slowly in space?

So depending on our position and speed, time can appear to move faster or slower to us relative to others in a different part of space-time. And for astronauts on the International Space Station, that means they get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. That’s because of time-dilation effects.

Does time speed up or slow down in space?

That means time should speed up for them relative to people on the ground. But the space station is also whizzing around Earth at about nearly five miles per second: That means time should also slow down for the astronauts relative to people on the surface.

How does aging affect the muscles of an astronaut?

Older peoples’ muscles tend to shrink and atrophy as they age and become less mobile. Astronauts’ muscles react in a similar way because they are barely used. That’s why astronauts in space for extended periods of time use special exercise machines to help mitigate this effect.

Does your age change when you move to a different planet?

Your age does not change if you rely on a different planetary or solar standard. The only thing that changes is the time measurement standard. For instance, if you move to a planet that takes three earth years to complete its revolution around the sun and you consider one revolution as one year, you are three years old in traditional earth time.