Black Hole Time Dilation: Where Time Stops

Near a black hole, time literally slows down. If you watched someone fall toward a black hole, you'd see them slow down and freeze at the edge, never crossing. But from their perspective, they'd fall right through in seconds. This is Einstein's relativity, and it's been proven. Einstein's general relativity says gravity warps spacetime. Black holes have the strongest gravity in the universe, creating extreme time warping. The closer you get, the slower time moves relative to someone far away. This is gravitational time dilation. Imagine watching your friend fall toward a black hole. As they approach the event horizon, you'd see them slow down. Light from them would become redshifted and dimmer. Eventually, they'd freeze at the edge. You could watch for a million years and they'd still be frozen there. But from their perspective, they fall through normally in seconds, watching the universe speed up dramatically. This isn't hypothetical. GPS satellites experience time dilation—their clocks tick slightly faster than Earth's. Engineers program relativity into GPS or it would be off by miles. ISS astronauts age microseconds less after months in orbit. Near a black hole, effects become extreme. Orbit close to a supermassive black hole for hours and centuries pass on Earth. Interstellar dramatized this accurately—one hour equaled seven years on Earth. Physicist Kip Thorne did the math. At the event horizon, time appears to stop from outside. But for someone falling in, they fall straight through. Both perspectives are valid—a paradox. Inside the event horizon, time points inward. Moving toward the singularity is as inevitable as moving forward in time. Does this blow your mind? Comment below. #space #blackhole #timedilation #physics #einstein #relativity #theinfinitevoid #science #astronomy #cosmos #interstellar #eventhorizon #spacetime #astrophysics #universe