Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Nikki who loved to play with her toys. One day, one of the Nikki’s cousin, who shared the same birthday, gave her a toy spaceship that could travel at the speed of light.
Nikki was thrilled and decided to take it for a spin. She flew the spaceship around her room and noticed that time seemed to pass by faster for her cousin than it did for her.
When Nikki returned from her trip, she found that her cousin had aged much more than she had.
She asked her father, ” Papa…why am I feeling that my cousin has grown much older than me, though we were of same age when I started the trip?”
Her father replied, “This is because when you travel at the speed of light, time slows down for you. So, even though you had only been gone for a few minutes, your cousin had aged much more. This is called ‘Time Dilation’. Isn’t that amazing?”
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