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Gravity makes the Earth age slowly News

by David Shaw, 15 June 2016 | 0 comments

The Earth, siting on a distorted grid.

It’s a science fiction horror story – a young astronaut takes a year-long mission closely orbiting a black hole. When he returns home, thousands of years have passed and everyone he has ever known has been dead for centuries. Is there a hint of truth to this terrifying tale?

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