Twin paradox

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Notion

Domain

Beliefs and thought

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What Wikipedia says

In physics, the twin paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity involving twins, one of whom takes a space voyage at relativistic speeds and returns home to find that the twin who remained on Earth has aged more.

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