Relativity - The Ultimate Party Trick

Time is relative, and so is our interest in explaining it to you. But we'll try our best, because that's what friends are for.

According to our completely-not-made-up sources, relativity is like that one friend who always shows up late to parties, but then proceeds to talk about how time is an illusion.

Time Dilation

We've got a special section on time dilation, because who needs a social life when you can just slow down time?

Learn more about time dilation

Gravitational Redshift

It's like, you know, when you're at the party and someone's wearing too much cologne, and you're all like 'Dude, I'm getting a headache.'

Read about the horrors of gravitational redshift

We're not actually going to explain warp speed, because let's be real, you're not going to understand it.

Try to grasp the concept, if you dare