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Time dilation occurs near massive objects from "summary" of The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne
Near a massive object, time ticks more slowly than far away from the object. This is a fundamental prediction of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The effect is most pronounced near a black hole, where time dilation can be extreme. For example, a clock placed at the event horizon of a black hole would appear to an observer far away to tick very slowly. This is due to the intense gravitational pull of the black hole, which warps space-time in its vicinity. The concept of time dilation near massive objects has been tested and confirmed through experiments such as sending atomic clocks into space. These clocks, when compared to identical clocks on Earth, show that time runs slightly slower in the weaker gravitational field of space. The effect is small but measurable, and it demonstrates the validity of Einstein's theory. The phenomenon of time dil...
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