{"id":234182,"date":"2026-03-27T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/time-dilation-visualized"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:04:12","slug":"time-dilation-visualized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/time-dilation-visualized","title":{"rendered":"Time Dilation Visualized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8FT-oz9aZU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out Brilliant at <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/TheOverviewEffekt\/\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/TheOverviewEffekt\/<\/a>. You can sign up for free and with that link and get a 20% discount on the annual premium subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Relativsitic Calculator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overvieweffekt.com\/tools\/.\">https:\/\/www.overvieweffekt.com\/tools\/.<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I do the relativistic math behind Project Hail Mary \u2014 time dilation, mass ratios, coast phases, and the relativsitic rocket equation with astrophage. How long would it take to reach Alpha Centauri, Tau Ceti, Betelgeuse, Andromeda, and the edge of the observable universe under constant 1.5G acceleration? We also look at Andy Weir\u2019s mass ratio mistake, the astrophage infection range problem, and visualize the spread using the AT-HYG stellar catalog. Includes a interactive relativistic travel calculator on my website.<\/p>\n<p>Software &amp; Hardware I Use:<br \/> Blender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\">https:\/\/www.blender.org\/<\/a> (Free and Open Source)<br \/> Davinci Resolve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackmagicdesign.com\/prod\">https:\/\/www.blackmagicdesign.com\/prod<\/a>\u2026 (Free)<br \/> Nvidia RTX 4,070 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tfZNda\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tfZNda<\/a>.<br \/> AMD Ryzen 9 9950X <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4thtPNH\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4thtPNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mass Effect music from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrHulthen\">@MrHulthen<\/a> Check it out and his channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8FT-oz9aZU4?si=7M-lEa0_7eXX_0Xo\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8FT-oz9aZU4?si=7M-lEa0_7eXX_0Xo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580\u2580<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/time-dilation-visualized\">Continue reading \u201cTime Dilation Visualized\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out Brilliant at https:\/\/brilliant.org\/TheOverviewEffekt\/. You can sign up for free and with that link and get a 20% discount on the annual premium subscription. Relativsitic Calculator: https:\/\/www.overvieweffekt.com\/tools\/.\u2026 I do the relativistic math behind Project Hail Mary \u2014 time dilation, mass ratios, coast phases, and the relativsitic rocket equation with astrophage. How long would it [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2229,42,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-science","category-mathematics","category-media-arts","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}