Why does time slow down when speed approaches the speed of light?

As light is spread out by the observer moving away from the source of the light time is decreased. The faster the observer moves the more light is spread out and time slows down. Time slows down as you travel faster because momentum bends the fabric of spacetime causing time to pass slower.

What would happen if light slowed down?

According to einstein equation , if speed of light decrease then there is significant change occur in our mass , because v/c ratio is compareble. and for a given velocity of an observer if speed of light decrease then there will some increase in mass .

Why do light clocks accumulate time slower when moving?

Since light travels at one speed, a longer path means a longer transit time, meaning longer intervals between ticks of the clock, and therefore, the light clocks accumulate time slower when in relative motion to an observer – time dilation.

Does time stop for light traveling at the speed of light?

When they travel at speed of light, they can sense it and they can know that time has not stopped because they have still not arrived at their destination. Light has speed and that indicates that time does not stop for light traveling at speed of light.

Why does time slow down in the universe?

The measurement of time slows down because the infinite cosmos is driven by large-scale energy fields (massive fields of ridiculously minuscule singular particles) and moving an object through those fields at high speed produces side effects.

Does time dilate in a moving frame of light?

Since light is massless, we could call c “the speed of light”. But if light had mass, we might call c “the speed of gravitational waves”, or “the speed of the massless neutrino” (if there is such a particle). Since it turns out that c is not infinite, we can show from the Lorentz transformation that time does dilate in moving frames.