Multiple choice

Hawkings believes the crew's time, on a ship orbiting a black hole, would be ...

  1. increased by double.

  2. slowed by half.

  3. normal.

  4. quadrupled

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the principles of general relativity, time slows down in stronger gravitational fields, meaning the crew's experience of time is slowed relative to an external observer.