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Monday, 10 October 2011
Could time travel be real?
A scientific experiment buried a kilometre underground has rocked the world of science.
If the latest results are correct, the laws of physics will need to be rewritten – and time travel could be more than just science fiction.
Researchers at the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy say that their experiment has measured tiny particles called neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light. This is a massive event, because one of the core principles of modern physics states that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light (300 million metres per second).
Albert Einstein’s famous theories of relativity rely on the speed of light being unbeatable, so much of modern science would be turned on its head if these results can be repeated in other experiments.
By measuring the time it took for neutrinos to travel through the ground from the CERN laboratory 730km away, the researchers found that the particles had arrived roughly 60 billionths of a second earlier than was thought possible.
If something can travel faster than light, it would mean that an effect could come before a cause – like your nose bleeding before someone hits you – meaning that time travel is in some way possible.
However, most scientists – including those behind the experiment – are suspicious. That’s because it could be that that there is a flaw in the experiment. Other theories suggest
that the neutrinos could be taking a short cut through another dimension.
Top physicist Chang Kee Jung is one of those who is sure that the experiment is flawed. “I wouldn’t bet my wife and kids, because they’d get mad,” he says, “but I’d bet my house.”
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sambarose2 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 12:48
Wow! I wish it could be! That would be AWESOME! The only thing is that there would be a LOT of changing going on, science books rewritten. All I can say is wow...
Mirri04 (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 15:52
I really don't want time travel to become reality, because then the world (to me) would become like a sci-fi novel. I think that scientists should stop trying to delve further into the unknown science of the world, or in this case, the past, present and future world, and just be content with the world as it is now.Some boundaries just shouldn't be pushed, and to me, this is one of them.
fizzy21 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 17:57
That would be awsome! You could go back and see the dinosaurs and go and redo your homework and not have to go to school because you could skip straight to the weekend your birthday easter and christmas!
jedhug (Age 15) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 18:20
I have no real comment on the article just would like to point out here that I LOVE DOCTOR WHO
Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 18:27
I WISH!!! :)
monstermog (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 18:35
if time travel is real... some of us might not have existed as our parents wouldn't have met...... it will be like living in dr who.... creepy!
Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 18:42
Time Travel CAN be real but lots of planning and though HAS to be put into it to make it work because actaully, if you think about it...ITS IMPOSSIBLE
Ellie-mo (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 30 September 2011 @ 19:49
:)
ojn9 (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 08:20
yes and no-yes because it would be fun and i could do even better history research-but no because i like my life just the way it is at the moment
Lukozade (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 09:24
If time travel were to become real, science fiction would no longer exist as there would be no 'fiction' in it, so we wouldn't have as big an imagination. Anyway, there would be some people who would just use time travel for their own benefit.
SuperStar9 (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 09:51
It's confusing but it COULD be real!!
tomphilpot (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 11:56
It would be great if there was time travel because we could go back in time and stop all the bad things that would happen like wars
Zorua101 (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 1 October 2011 @ 20:28
Time travel would be awesome - but then there could be huge time-space distortions if you affect anything that happened in the past. That equals BIG PROBLEMS. :D
dancecrazy (Age 15) wrote on Sunday, 2 October 2011 @ 11:35
It would be quite cool but at the same timne really, really strange!
Ateam11 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 2 October 2011 @ 14:56
Awesome that would be cool, because you can do history lessons in time trazl maybe in the B.C years.
cuteizzy (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 2 October 2011 @ 18:32
It would be cool but I would prefer the world to stay as it is so Sci-Fi would be special as it remains in books. Although, WOW!! 300 million metres a second - if only I could run faster...
kicky105 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 2 October 2011 @ 20:55
It could be possible, but someone could go and screw it up by going and telling Henry VIII's wives not to marry them because they'll be beheaded, and then life could be ruined. It could change the world as we know it.
Hajra444 (Age 9) wrote on Monday, 3 October 2011 @ 15:47
I really don't want time travel to become reality, because then the world (to me) would become like a sci-fi Time travel would be awesome - but then there could be huge time-space distortions if you affect anything that happened in the past. That equals BIG PROBLEMS. I think that scientists should stop trying to delve further into the unknown science of the world, or in this case, the past, present and future world, and just be content with the world as it is now.Some boundaries just shouldn't be pushed, and to me, this is one of them.
Mello (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 3 October 2011 @ 17:04
That would be soooo awesome that people would be able to travel in time but I think it's reallllyyyy cool and hope (fingers crossed) it's true!!!!!!!! LOL hee hee xxx
Zorua101 (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 3 October 2011 @ 19:03
@Hajra444: Nice mix of two comments! :P (Psst... You forgot 'novel' and my :D lol)
Cescychops (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 4 October 2011 @ 17:01
This could be very interesting!! For generations people have watch doctor who and probably thought 'wow! I would love to travel in time!' and to experience it perhaps in years to come would just be incredible!!
Maxee7158 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 5 October 2011 @ 08:27
Cool!
nicpick (Age 9) wrote on Thursday, 6 October 2011 @ 08:13
i would time travel into the future
zakary99 (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 7 October 2011 @ 23:47
If this was real in any concept it would be bad, and good. Time Travelling could drastically alter the universe. But, it has it's thumbs up. You could see what happens in the future and what we all turn out to be, and who we turn out to be with.
edenboots (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 8 October 2011 @ 18:15
i would travel into the past and say hi to me and my friends and family! x
bettster (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 9 October 2011 @ 12:29
I would go back and see ancestors or see what it was like in wwII. I would also see if god created the world (i wouldn't need to cos he didn't) Plus I could go back to victorian times and meet the queen.
sarahsun1 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 9 October 2011 @ 17:19
That would be very confusing. If it is real then a lot of things could go wrong so I don't think that we should meddle with time. Just keep things the way they are.
cuthj01220 (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 9 October 2011 @ 20:51
It sounds really cool but were would you go first and PLEASE CAN I HAVE ONE.
chocolate8 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 10 October 2011 @ 18:48
that would be wicked i want to travel to to the 3467 year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shoeless27 (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 14 January 2012 @ 17:50
tomphilpot: ifwe went back in time to stop wars, we might all be speaking german!! gut
sloth (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 16:08
i think time travel is going to be the most biggest but badest discovery
kitsunela (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 23 February 2012 @ 13:34
For now we can but dream...