Is there time in Space?

Question

Like if you were in a shuttle in space, would you be in a time zone.

Answer 1

Oh my gosh I cannot believe some of these answers. "I know there are light years in space." What?

Time is a dimension which basically means it affects everything in the universe. If that wasn't enough, it is "intertwined" with space, which is what gives off the name "space-time continuum".

Time affects everything, although there are debates on if time can affect anything traveling at a velocity equal to or even above the speed of light, but that is debatable.

When you think about it, it makes sense that space and time are woven together. When you say you are going to meet someone there are two questions... when and where?

Now, on different planets, the perception of time is different. For example, on different planets, the axial rotational period is longer, thus giving the planet a longer day-length.

Time progresses at the same rate, no matter where you are in the universe. But like I said, the day length would differ but that isn't because of time being changed... that’s because of the amount of time it takes for the planet to rotate on its axis.

The time-zone we have on Earth were created because in different areas at a given time, the position of the sun changes. For example, if the sun was right over California, it would be noon in California, but because the Earth is spherical, the sun would have already formed a 90 degree angle over New York, so the time in New York would be later. Make sense?

In space, astronauts don't really depend on the time of day it is because they really can't measure it. But if they are, for example, heading for the moon, then the amount of time it would take to get there would be measured in Earth's time. So if it took 48 hours to get there, they would say either 2 Earth days, or 48 hours.

So if we were in the middle of space, we wouldn't know what the time of day was on Earth because we are not there, but time itself is still affecting us.

Space doesn't have a time-zone, but time is still affecting you. If you were placed in space, its not like you wouldn't age. Time will continue to progress.

And by the way, a "light-year" is the distance light travels in a year, not a unit of time, but rather a unit of measurement.

Answer 2

Ooo that's a good question.... I have no idea

Answer 3

There is no space without time.

Answer 4

Time zones just tell you what numbers to set on your clock to co-ordinate with the local day.

Time goes on everywhere.

For things that cross time zones, like international air

traffic or space missions, it has been customary to use Greenwich time, (Coded 'Zulu'),  to avoid confusion.

Answer 5

You would experience time in a shuttle, because locally objects would be in motion.  Your heart would beat, and blood would flow.  Neurons would fire and atoms would jiggle around because of heat.  In order for time to stop, you would need to travel at the speed of light so that no other motion is possible (because any additional motion would be faster than light).  But then, you wouldn't notice that time had stopped or even slowed, because your thinking would be slowed or stopped as well as any clock you carried.

Answer 6

Astronomers/astronauts use something called "universal time" which is the same no matter where you are (in space or on the earth). There are no time zones in space.

And the correct term is "in orbit", not "in space".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_T...

Answer 7

Of course!

Answer 8

no..i think its called space time... i forgot.. i know theres light years in space..

Answer 9

oh no i dont think so

Answer 10

shipboard clock would probably indicate the elapsed time from whatever time zone you launched with it set to already

just my guess

Answer 11

yes there is time in space, but time can be distorted by great amounts of gravity. if you were to hang above a black hole (without getting sucked in) for like a year (in earth years), and you came back to earth, time on earth would have seemed to have accelerated, because you would be back a hundred years after you left. the gravity distorts the movement of time. the greater the gravity, the slower time goes in that certain area. i read the elegant universe, written by brain greene. i talks about the string theory and how space relates to time.

Answer 12

You would not be need to know the time zones of earth. But there is no specific time in space, it is just like talking about size some things are big for us for others it is small.

Actually you would go back in time as you get further away for Earth, this is corresponding to the speed of light.

Time will not matter in space because you are not in the orbit of Earth. So you would need Standard Time Zone package only if you are coming back down to Earth.