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The laws of physics say you can't travel at the speed of light. It's impossible. You can get arbitrarily close, but accelerating an object with a rest mass to the speed of light in a vacuum would take an infinite amount of energy.
I'm going to recommend a couple of books to you that may answer what you were trying to ask. Obviously most modern physics texts are going to discuss relativity to some extent, but the Feynman Lectures on Physics is a good investment if you're interested in physics generally. Alternatively, for a more readable explanation that's not as rigorous, the Mr. Tompkins books by George Gamow attempt to explain what the world would be like if certain physical constants were different... in particular, in one he shows what it would be like if the speed of light in a vacuum was around 60 miles an hour. Finally, you might try Geometry, Relativity, and the Fourth Dimension by Rudy Rucker if you can find it at your local library.
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What speed to em waves travel?
speed of light
What speed do electromagnetic waves travel?
the speed of lightspeed of light
Why do waves of different wavelengths travel at the same speed?
All light travel at the same speed.
Does sound and light travel at the same speed?
no, light is faster
Alpha particles ejected from the nucleus travel at the speed of light?
No. Alpha particles are helium nuclei; such nuclei have a mass, and can therefore NOT travel at the speed of light.
Is it possible to travel at light speed?
Not if you have any mass when you're not moving.
When is the only time that light waves travel at the speed of light (186272 miles per second)?
When it is moving through a vacuum.
Why you cannot travel faster than light?
Because when moving at the speed of light, time stops for you and you can no longer measure speed (distance covered in a certain time).
What do you need to travel at the speed of light?
There is no way to travel at the speed of light.
Is it possible to travel at the speed of light in water?
The speed of light in water is less than the speed of light in space. Only light can travel at the speed of light.
Can a person travel at a speed of light?
No. Nothing with mass can travel at the speed of light.
If you are moving at the speed of light how fast will you fall apart?
If you are moving at the speed of light, then "how fast" has no meaning.
Was there ever any speed close to the speed of light?
Are you asking "Did any object ever move at nearly the speed of light ?" ? Electric current moving through wires, radio signals moving through cables or waveguides, and light-wave signals moving through optical fibers, travel at 0.6 to 0.95 the speed of light. Particle accelerators in Physics research accelerate subatomic particles inside gigantic magnetic rings to 0.99999 the speed of light.
How do you travel in the speed of light?
You don't. The only objects that can travel at the speed of light are those that ONLY travel at that speed, like photons or gravitons.
What will happen if a man passes a electrmagnetic waves in speed of light?
A man can't travel at the speed of light.A man can't travel at the speed of light.A man can't travel at the speed of light.A man can't travel at the speed of light.
What can travel at speed of light?
Any massless "thing" like a photon and MAYBE a neutrino. NOTHING with mass can travel at the speed of light. Photons travel at the speed of light. The entire electromagnetic spectrum travels at the speed of light.
Will you move into another galaxy?
Not in the near future. Other galaxies are hundreds of thousands, or millions, of light-years away; travelling at the speed of light, it would thus take millions of years to travel to most galaxies; travelling at a lower speed would, of course, take longer.Not in the near future. Other galaxies are hundreds of thousands, or millions, of light-years away; travelling at the speed of light, it would thus take millions of years to travel to most galaxies; travelling at a lower speed would, of course, take longer.Not in the near future. Other galaxies are hundreds of thousands, or millions, of light-years away; travelling at the speed of light, it would thus take millions of years to travel to most galaxies; travelling at a lower speed would, of course, take longer.Not in the near future. Other galaxies are hundreds of thousands, or millions, of light-years away; travelling at the speed of light, it would thus take millions of years to travel to most galaxies; travelling at a lower speed would, of course, take longer.
