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Do Gravitational waves affect (our perception of) time?

If we would be hit by gravitational waves would time run faster/slower for us and affect our perception of time, as gravity is able to "distort" time .
gpt
>Do Gravitational waves affect (our perception of) time?

Yes, but in reality the effect is so small that it's not even close to measurable without *extremely* precise instruments, the kind that don't exist yet.

>If we would be hit by gravitational waves would time run faster/slower for us and affect our perception of time, as gravity is able to "distort" time .

A gravitational wave is a change in the curvature of spacetime; differences in our local curvature cause our clocks to run at different speeds than other areas with different local curvature.

When a gravitational wave passes through us, it is changing our curvature (very, very slightly), so that changes the rates at which our clocks run compared to other distant clocks (again: very, very slightly).

Hope that helps!