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Since no observer CAN go at the speed of light, this question is the equivalent of asking, "If two plus two were to equal five, can you make money by exchanging four one-dollar bills for one five-dollar bill?"
The simple facts are that (1) two plus two does NOT equal five and (2) no observer can travel at the speed of light.
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What is the approximate time it would take to travel a light year?
if you are going the speed of light, it would take 1 year.
At what percentage of the speed of light must one travel in order to feel like going faster than the speed of light?
At a speed 212 000 kilometers per second you have a relativistic gamma of 1.41, and you will time 365 days of travel when travelling one light-year. You would think that effectively you were going at light-speed! An observer would see you going slower though, and would time your trip to over 516 days.
How does one travel faster than the speed of light?
No human or machine can travel the light of speed. No matter how close you are to the speed of light if you have all the thrust in the universe you cannot get going past the speed of light. The familiar notions of absolute space and absolute time independent of your relative motion must give way.
What is the equation for the travel time to the nearest star at the speed of light?
For example, if a star is at a distance of 5 light-years, it will take 5 years to travel there at the speed of light.
What is the percentage of the speed of light needed to time travel?
99.995 %
What is the speed of light travel by aeroplane?
There hasn't been up to time of answer an aircraft fly at or higher that the speed of light
How many miles does light travel in 0.1 seconds?
distance = speed x time. Multiply the speed of light (in miles/second in this case) by the time in seconds, to get the distance travel in miles.
When is the only time that the light waves travel at the speed of light?
Light always travels at the speed of light. The only time that's 299,792,458 meters per second is when the light is in vacuum.
How far is 9000 light years?
900 billion years - if you travel near the speed of light. If you travel at any slower speed, it will take longer of course. But do some reading on time dilation - if the traveller travels at a speed very near the speed of light, from his point of view it will take much less time.900 billion years - if you travel near the speed of light. If you travel at any slower speed, it will take longer of course. But do some reading on time dilation - if the traveller travels at a speed very near the speed of light, from his point of view it will take much less time.900 billion years - if you travel near the speed of light. If you travel at any slower speed, it will take longer of course. But do some reading on time dilation - if the traveller travels at a speed very near the speed of light, from his point of view it will take much less time.900 billion years - if you travel near the speed of light. If you travel at any slower speed, it will take longer of course. But do some reading on time dilation - if the traveller travels at a speed very near the speed of light, from his point of view it will take much less time.
How much energy is needed to travel at the speed of light?
It is not possible for any object with any mass to travel at the speed of light. It is possible to travel at 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999% the speed of light, you could even travel at "99.9 followed by a trillion trillion 9s"% of the speed of light but never quite 100%.According to our current mathematical theories, for an object with any mass to travel at the speed of light it would take infinite energy to attain that speed.
Does it mean that light doesn't take time to travel?
yes light does take time to travel, and the time taken is at the speed of light. And so depending on the distance, we will know how much time it has taken.
How can light and sound travel at a same time in televisions?
They don't really travel at the same speed, but, on television, the distance they travel is so short, that the difference between the speed of sound and the speed of light is almost non-existant.
