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Why any object cannot travell with the speed of light?

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Some particles, like photons and gravitons, are believed to ALWAYS travel at the speed of light. Particles, or larger amounts of matter, that move at a slower speed can't be made to travel at the speed of light - according to the Special Theory of Relativity, that would require an infinite energy.

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