Time Travel to future is possible. Here's to know how!

Have you ever wondered if time travel to the future or into the past is possible? If yes, then you are in the right place to understand this long-debated concept. Science fiction has long embraced the idea of time travel while many physical theoretical physicists have discussed and argued over it.

If you want to do time travel to correct your mistakes in the past or gain insight into the future, you should know time travel is possible but it is a one-way ticket.

While the possibility of traveling into the past is still up for question, physicists have concluded that it is most definitely conceivable to travel into the future.

A feature of Albert Einstein’s special relativity called time dilation allows for time travel in real life. He was the first to discover that time is not constant contrary to popular belief. Instead, time slows down as one travels faster across space.

Einstein’s theory included a reconceptualization of space. He combined one dimension of time and three dimensions of space to create “spacetime.” He considered space as curved and flexible rather than as a flat and rigid place that holds all objects in the universe.

Time Travel to future is possible — *Time travel is possible due to the time dilation concept proposed by Albert Einstein*

According to Einstein, space can form gravitational dips around masses that pull other objects in, much like a bowling ball in the center of a trampoline. It would cause any smaller object placed on the trampoline to slide toward the center.

GPS satellites, which orbit 20,200 kilometers above the Earth’s surface show this phenomenon. The extremely accurate clocks on these satellites gain an average of 38 microseconds every day.

GPS satellites depend on their internal clocks to maintain accurate worldwide positioning even if an apparent time increase is negligible.

If the time difference was not continuously adjusted, running at 38 microseconds every day would result in a location inaccuracy of almost 10 miles, an error that would grow every day.

In the film, Interstellar, a more dramatic instance of time dilation occurs when Matthew McConaughey and his team arrive on a planet. This planet is subjected to a nearby black hole. Time slows down significantly due to the black hole’s strong gravitational pull for crew on the planet.

Interstellar (2014) movie shows the concept of time dilation

One hour on the planet’s surface is equivalent to seven years on Earth. For this reason, Matthew looks to be the same age as he did when he departed. However, his daughter is an elderly woman when the team returns to Earth.

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Why then hasn’t mankind been able to advance in time by such large margins? Velocity is the key to the answer to this query. Humans would need to either use the strong gravitational acceleration produced by black holes or send a person flying through space at almost the speed of light (about 1 billion km/h) into the future.

However, humans can only travel a few microseconds into the future with current technology. But if technology ever lets us send a person into the future by traveling at the speed of light. Would there be a way for that person to use time travel to go back into the past?

Well, astrophysics professor Jaymie Matthews addressed this query. He stated it might be possible to travel between stars at speeds close to the speed of light. But, this time travel is only going to take you into the future, not back in time.