Two students, Nora and Allison, are both the same age when Allison hops aboard a flying saucer and blasts off to achieve a cruising speed of 0.770c for 17.5 years (according to Allison). Neglecting the acceleration of the ship during blastoff, landing, and turnarounds, find the difference in age AA between Nora and Allison when they are reunited. Give an answer for AA in units of years.

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The theory of special relativity explains the connection between space and time to objects that move in a straight line at a constant speed. The objects move at the speed of light. When an object approaches light speed, its mass is endless and cannot move faster than light. The most crucial postulate of Einstein's special relativity is that the laws of nature do not change in each frame of reference.