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Carbon-15 has a half-life of 5730 years. As observed from Earth, what would the half-life of carbon-15 be if it traveled through space at 25% of the speed of light, relative to Earth?

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time for the carbon would be dilated, or slowed by the usual relativistic factor. So, multiply the half-life by that.

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