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Actually you would age slower. Time passes more slowly at higher speeds. For a detailed explanation (how this result is derived), read an article about the Special Theory of Relativity - however, it is based on the basic assumption that the speed of light is constant. This strange fact - that the speed of light (in a vacuum) is constant - has been confirmed by countless experiments.
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If you travel the speed of light will you age slower?
As you go faster and faster, time appears to slow down. If you could go 99.99999% of the speed of light, you would hardly age at all in 100 years. According to our current understanding of physics (and this is subject to change!) you can never move AT the speed of light, although with enough power you could approach it very nearly. The faster you go, the more time slows down.
If you were 20 years old and were travelling at light speed how many light years could you go before dying of old age at 80?
According to the theory of relativity, as you approach the speed of light, time slows down for you relative to a stationary observer. However, from your perspective, you would age normally. So, if you were traveling at light speed, you would not experience the effects of aging as quickly as someone on Earth would. In theory, you could travel vast distances in the universe without aging much.
How old would you be on mars if you?
The same age you are now. Unless spacetravel occurs then the speed of movement would reduce the amount aging based on space-time. The closer you get to the speed of light, relative to others who are not near the speed of light you will age slower.
Does the earth age faster if you went to Pluto and back going light speed?
No
How old would u be if you go on mars?
The same age you are now. Unless spacetravel occurs then the speed of movement would reduce the amount aging based on space-time. The closer you get to the speed of light, relative to others who are not near the speed of light you will age slower.
An electric field travels over a wire at what speed?
almost the speed of light which is 300 000 kmps i am not sure of an exact figure but i know its close to light speed also the amp-age on the circuit can affect it
What will be the age after ten years as compare to earth from space?
as compared to the earth in the space your age will be no same accept you must be in speed of capmared to the light or at least half of it than only your age will be differ this is according to the theary of relativity. einstain say if two twins having same age and one of them left the earth in a space ship having the speed nearly of light travelled across the space just for one hour it could be more than 70yr passed on earth already!!!!!!
Is it possible to travel back to the past if we travel at the speed of light?
Yes, it is possible for sub-atomic particles to travel faster than the speed of light (186,000 miles/second). A total of 15,000 neutrino beams were fired from Geneva, Switzerland --> Gran Sasso, Italy and were found to arrive about 60 nanoseconds faster than light would have. "It is a tiny difference," one scientist was quoted as saying, "But conceptually it's incredibly important." For more information on breaking the speed-of-light barrier, please see the article attached below.
Why can't Taylor Lautner be my age?
Unfortunately, he was born before you. Unless he went on an almost-light-speed voyage into space, during which he would age extremely slowly, he will never be your age.
How did the Greeks measure the speed of light?
I don't believe there was any serious attempt to measure the speed of light before Galileo. That was a couple of millennia after the golden age of the Greek philosopher 'scientists', who, I believe, assumed the transfer of light to be instantaneous, and the perception of distant events to be simultaneous with the event.
Moving at the speed of light will you live forever?
Not exactly. The more accurate statement is that it'll take you forever to figure out a way to move at the speed of light. Another viewpoint: Einstein's Theory of Relativity states that time appears to go more slowly as speed increases. A material object such as a person (for example you) cannot reach the speed of light. However, near the speed of light time would move very slowly. So, you would live a very long time. Unfortunately, all this time measurement is done by "stationary" observers. For the person travelling near the speed of light, time seems to pass normally. So, you would age at the normal rate as far as you were concerned. Incidentally, this question leads on to the "Twins Paradox" one of the most famous confusing ideas about Relativity Theory.
Is it theoretically possible for a person with a life expectancy of 70 years to make a trip to a part of the universe thousands of light years distant?
Yes, it is, due to a quirky phenomenon of relativity called "time dilation". If you had a spaceship capable of accelerating at one gravity for a long period, it would be possible to attain speeds very close to the speed of light. The more closely you approach the speed of light, the slower time will pass for you. When you reach speeds in excess of 99.9% of the speed of light, you would experience a few minutes of time while the rest of the universe would age by a year. There is another way; it may possible to enter a state of suspended animation in which you might "sleep" for years without aging. Even in a slow spaceship, it might be possible to sleep for centuries without aging appreciably.
