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Closed Timelike Curve
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Steve Bowers
A closed path through spacetime that is timelike. A CTC would correspond to a possible way of time travel or time communication. However no closed timelike curves have ever been observed to exist.
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Text by
Anders Sandberg
Initially published on 24 September 2001.
See Also
Why is there no Time Travel in Orion's Arm?
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