From H. G. Wells's The Time Machine to
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, the possibility of travelling through time has fascinated people for centuries.
But, although it sounds like pure science fiction, physicists now believe that time travel really is possible.
ADVERTISEMENT
{throw a;},0)};let q=void 0;function u(a,b=!1){return b&&Symbol.for&&a?Symbol.for(a):a!=null?Symbol(a):Symbol()}var v=u(),w=u("m_m",!0);const x=u("jas",!0);var y={};function z(a,b){return b===void 0?a.h!==A&&!!(2&(a.g[x]|0)):!!(2&b)&&a.h!==A}const A={};function B(a){return a!==null&&typeof a==="object"&&!Array.isArray(a)&&a.constructor===Object};const C=BigInt(Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER),D=BigInt(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);function E(a){return a};function F(a,b,g,d,c){d=d?!!(b&32):void 0;const h=[];var e=a.length;let f,k,t,I=!1;b&64?(b&256?(e--,f=a[e],k=e)
k=4294967295,f=void 0),c||b&512||(I=!0,t=(G??E)(f?k- -1:b>>16&1023||536870912,-1,a,f),k=t+-1))
k=4294967295,b&1||(f=e&&a[e-1],B(f)?(e--,k=e,t=0):f=void 0));let n=void 0;for(let m=0;m=k?(n??(n={}))[m- -1]=r:h[m]=r)}if(f)for(let m in f)a=f[m],a!=null&&(a=g(a,d))!=null&&(e=+m,e=C&&a<=D?Number(a):""+a;case "boolean":return a?1:0;case "object":if(Array.isArray(a)){const b=a[x]|0;return a.length===0&&b&1?void 0:F(a,b,H,!1,!1)}if(a[w]===y)return J(a);return}return a}let G;function J(a){a=a.g;return F(a,a[x]|0,H,void 0,!1)};function K(){if(v!=null){var a=q??(q={});var b=a[v]||0;b>=5||(a[v]=b+1,a=Error(),a.__closure__error__context__984382||(a.__closure__error__context__984382={}),a.__closure__error__context__984382.severity="incident",p(a))}};function L(a,b){if(typeof a!=="object")return a;if(Array.isArray(a)){const d=a[x]|0;if(a.length===0&&d&1)return;if(d&2)return a;var g;if(g=b)g=d===0||!!(d&32)&&!(d&64||!(d&16));return g?(a[x]|=34,d&4&&Object.freeze(a),a):F(a,d,L,b!==void 0,!0)}if(a[w]===y)return b=a.g,g=b[x]|0,z(a,g)?a:F(b,g,L,!0,!0)};function M(a,b,g){if(g!=null&&typeof g!=="string")throw Error();if(a.h===A){var d=a.g;d=F(d,d[x]|0,L,!0,!0);d[x]&=-3;a.g=d;a.h=void 0;d=!0}else d=!1;if(!d&&z(a,a.g[x]|0))throw Error();a=a.g;d=a[x]|0;const c=b+-1;var h=a.length-1;c>=h&&(d??(d=a[x]|0))&256?a[h]
=g:c<=h?a[c]=g:g!==void 0&&(h=d>>16&1023||536870912,b>=h?g!=null&&(a[h+-1]={:g},a[x]=d|256):a[c]=g)};var N=class{constructor(a){a:{if(a==null){var b=96;a=[]}else{if(!Array.isArray(a))throw Error("narr");b=a[x]|0;8192&b||!(64&b)||2&b||K();if(b&1024)throw Error("farr");if(b&64){b&16384||(a[x]=b|16384);var g=a;break a}var d=a;b|=64;b&=-257;var c=d.length;if(c){var h=c-1;c=d[h];if(B(c)){b|=256;const e=b&512?0:-1;h-=e;if(h>=1024)throw Error("pvtlmt");for(g in c){const f=+g;if(f=0;a--){const b=T[a].name;b.indexOf("data-jcp-")===0&&(S[b.substring(9)]=T[a].value)} (function(a,b,g){var d=window;a&&b&&g&&d.ReportingObserver&&d.fetch&&(new d.ReportingObserver((c,h)=>{c=c[0];if(c?.body?.id==="HeavyAdIntervention"){c=(c.body.message?.indexOf("network")||0)>0?g:b;var e=a.search(Q);var f;b:{for(f=0;(f=a.indexOf("ad_signals",f))>=0&&fe)f=e;e=decodeURIComponent(a.slice(k+11,f!==-1?f:0).replace(/\+/g," "))}e? (navigator.sendBeacon("https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/gen_204/?id=fledge_interactions&label="+c),c={i:e,label:c},e=new O,c!=null&&(c.i!=null&&M(e,1,c.i),c.o!=null&&M(e,3,c.o),c.label!=null&&M(e,6,c.label),c.l!=null&&M(e,7,c.l),c.j!=null&&M(e,8,c.j),c.m!=null&&M(e,11,c.m)),P(l).fence?.reportEvent({eventType:"interaction",eventData:JSON.stringify(J(e)),destination:["buyer"]})):d.fetch(`${a}&label=${c}`,{keepalive:!0,method:"get",mode:"no-cors"});h.disconnect()}},{types:["intervention"], buffered:!0})).observe()})(S.base_url,S.cpu_label,S.net_label);}).call(this);{"uid":0.7274972830281179,"hostPeerName":"https://www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org","initialGeometry":"{\"windowCoords_t\":0,\"windowCoords_r\":360,\"windowCoords_b\":672,\"windowCoords_l\":0,\"frameCoords_t\":878,\"frameCoords_r\":330,\"frameCoords_b\":1128,\"frameCoords_l\":30,\"posCoords_t\":878,\"posCoords_b\":1128,\"posCoords_r\":330,\"posCoords_l\":30,\"styleZIndex\":\"\",\"allowedExpansion_r\":60,\"allowedExpansion_b\":422,\"allowedExpansion_t\":0,\"allowedExpansion_l\":0,\"yInView\":0,\"xInView\":1}","permissions":"{\"expandByOverlay\":true,\"expandByPush\":true,\"readCookie\":false,\"writeCookie\":false}","metadata":"{\"shared\":{\"sf_ver\":\"1-0-41\",\"ck_on\":1,\"flash_ver\":\"26.0.0\",\"canonical_url\":\"Scientists say time travel IS possible - and people already have",\"amp\":{\"canonical_url\":\"Scientists say time travel IS possible - and people already have"}}}","reportCreativeGeometry":false,"isDifferentSourceWindow":false,"sentinel":"1-31950421224292662614","width":320,"height":480,"_context":{"ampcontextVersion":"2503242227000","ampcontextFilepath":"https://3p.ampproject.net/2503242227000/ampcontext-v0.js","sourceUrl":"Scientists say time travel IS possible - and people already have","referrer":"Google","canonicalUrl":"Scientists say time travel IS possible - and people already have","pageViewId":"431","location":{"href":"Scientists say time travel IS possible - and people already have"},"startTime":1744362639461,"tagName":"AMP-AD","mode":{"localDev":false,"development":false,"esm":true,"test":false,"rtvVersion":"012503242227000"},"canary":false,"hidden":false,"initialLayoutRect":{"left":30,"top":878,"width":300,"height":250},"domFingerprint":"775975760","experimentToggles":{"canary":false,"a4aProfilingRate":false,"doubleclickSraExp":false,"doubleclickSraReportExcludedBlock":false,"flexAdSlots":false,"flexible-bitrate":false,"ios-fixed-no-transfer":false,"story-ad-placements":false,"story-disable-animations-first-page":true,"story-load-inactive-outside-viewport":true,"amp-sticky-ad-to-amp-ad-v4":false,"story-video-cache-apply-audio":false,"amp-story-subscriptions":true,"interaction-to-next-paint":true,"esm":true,"amp-story-first-page-max-bitrate":false,"story-load-first-page-only":true,"story-ad-page-outlink":false,"amp-geo-ssr":true,"story-remote-localization":true,"attribution-reporting":false},"sentinel":"1-31950421224292662614"},"initialIntersection":{"time":5777.299999952316,"rootBounds":{"left":0,"top":0,"width":360,"height":672,"bottom":672,"right":360,"x":0,"y":0},"boundingClientRect":{"left":30,"top":910,"width":300,"height":250,"bottom":1160,"right":330,"x":30,"y":910},"intersectionRect":{"left":0,"top":0,"width":0,"height":0,"bottom":0,"right":0,"x":0,"y":0},"intersectionRatio":0}}" height="250" width="300" title="3rd party ad content" role="region" aria-label="Advertisement" tabindex="0" data-amp-3p-sentinel="1-31950421224292662614" allow="sync-xhr 'none';attribution-reporting 'src';" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" sandbox="allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms allow-modals allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts" class="i-amphtml-fill-content" id="google_ads_iframe_3" style="position: absolute; border: 0px !important; margin: auto; padding: 0px !important; display: block; height: 250px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; width: 300px; inset: 125px 0px 0px 150px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);">
In fact, scientists say that people have already done it.
But, before you start to plan your trip to ancient Rome, the experts caution that real time travel is nothing like what you see in the movies.
It might seem obvious, but here on Earth, we all move through time at a speed of one second per second.
However, thanks to Einstein's theory of general relativity, it is possible to travel through time faster than this rate.
The faster someone can move, the faster they can travel forward through time - skipping through centuries of time in just minutes as they approach light speed.
Although this effect is subtle at lower speeds, it means that astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are all 'time travellers', leaping forward into the future.
@Wild can we give
@SongExotic2 some sort of award for this thread? You know he loves his "longest pinking" record and suchlike.
