r/science • u/Shiny-Tie-126 • May 02 '26

Physics Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab

https://theconversation.com/physicists-have-measured-negative-time-in-the-lab-278996
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u/Ijatsu May 02 '26

Uh could we power the soup with enough energy to go back in time? Say a super nova's energy to go back 22 minutes ago?

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u/randomnerds May 02 '26

A fellow explorer I see. Perhaps we should sit by the fire and roast some marshmallows.

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u/TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK May 02 '26

[banjo plays quietly in the distance]

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u/dllimport May 02 '26

This is my favorite digression

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u/Scotalian May 02 '26

Get outer here with those wild ideas!

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u/Livagan May 02 '26

Shall I get the banjo & drums or the hammock out?

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u/rlbond86 May 02 '26

We'll need mind-transporting statues and advanced warp cores

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u/europorn May 02 '26

The warp core has been ejected.

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u/spacetraxx May 02 '26

We could, but then it’d be called a souper nova.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate May 02 '26

I think that would just ruin your soup.

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u/MCShellMusic May 02 '26

Wait, this can’t be correct. Clary, have you seen these readings? If they were accurate, they would violate causality. There must be an equipment error somewhere.

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u/Fair_Local_588 May 02 '26

Sure but to make this useful within our lifetimes we’d need to trigger a supernova.

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u/SanctusImmortalis May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

Oh look a comet! I wonder what's in there.

Edit: jokes aside, to make any such effects happen macroscopically would require more than a supernova

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u/DinoRaawr May 02 '26

We should remove the soup before the person/probe is done walking through it. What could possibly go wrong

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u/vegeterin May 02 '26

It’s longer than you think.

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u/PapaSnow May 02 '26

Science compels us to explode the sun!

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u/dannyggwp May 02 '26

Now this guy explores.

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u/syke555 May 02 '26

Yes, but you would need to generate 1.21 gigawatts, and the only thing capable of doing that is the lightning, and noone knows where it’ll strike next.

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u/ExcuseValuable2655 May 03 '26

Ah yes, an outer wilds reference. Nice 

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u/DILF_MANSERVICE May 03 '26

I'm gonna tear up if I think about that game

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u/DoomGoober May 02 '26

The article says:

So what does this all mean? Is a time machine just around the corner?

Sadly, no. Our experiment is fully explained by standard physics.

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u/Careless-Caramel-997 May 02 '26

You’d need 1.21 Gigawatts

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u/Yapok96 May 02 '26

Legendary comment

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u/wiefrafs May 02 '26

Ant man did something similar, no?