special relativity

Spacetime Diagram

Interactive Minkowski diagram explorer. Visualize world lines, light cones, Lorentz transformations, and relativistic paradoxes in special relativity.

Click to add events · Drag to pan · Scroll to zoom

Scenario

Velocity (β = v/c)

0 0.50 c

Zoom

0.5× 1.00× 3×

Display Options

Primed axes (S') Light cone Calibration hyperbolas Simultaneity lines Grid

Velocity (v)

0.50c

Lorentz Factor (γ)

1.155

Angle (θ)

26.6°

Shows a single moving object's world line (red) against a stationary observer (white). Adjust velocity to see how the world line tilts in spacetime.