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According to Einstein's physics, it would require an infinite amount of energy to accelerate a mass to the speed of light. Unless we invent warp drive, it ain't gonna happen. ================================== My high school physics teacher explained that it's like pushing wagon up a hill. As you get closer to the speed of light, the wagon becomes a car. As you get even closer to the speed of light, the car becomes a truck, becomes a bus, etc.
E=mc^2
Mass grows as you approach the speed of light. Therefore, more energy is required to move the ever increasing mass.
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What if the speed of light traveled at the speed of sound?
If the speed of light traveled at the speed of sound, our entire perception of the universe would drastically change. The fast travel and instant communication enabled by the speed of light would no longer be possible, leading to a significant impact on technology, communication, and our understanding of the cosmos. The universe would appear much different to us due to the altered timeframes and distances involved.
What did the black hole swallow?
Black holes can swallow anything that comes within their gravitational pull, including light and other celestial objects like stars and planets. Once an object crosses the event horizon of a black hole, it is consumed and cannot escape.
How can you accelerate to the speed of light?
A person cannot travel the speed of light because a propellant to move a space ship in the vacuum of space would have to travel faster than light speed. Since everything is relative, nothing travels faster than light speed (speed C). If light, for example, was to power a space ship by pushing on giant panels it would still not be able to push the space ship fast enough to travel at light speed. If the energy was in light, enough to push a spaceship to almost light speed, it would still not have enough energy to push the space ship to light speed. It would still be slower. Think of light speed like this: If you wer an ant walking as fast as you could and we make this the speed of a jet liner, light speed would still be the speed of the Earth going around the sun. The speed of light is vastly faster than any machine ever made.
Is light the fastest thing on earth?
Yes - At the moment, nothing can (theoretically) travel faster than light. However - it is always possible that we haven't discovered everything in the known universe yet.
Does light travel faster in a vacuum or in air?
Vaccum is basically emptiness. There is nothing in vaccum. Light can travel faster in vaccum than in any other medium because there is no obstruction for the passage of light. It is the rarest medium.
Why cant you travel at light speed?
Because we are just NOT that fast (also your body mass would be torn apart by the friction) As any massive object approaches the speed of light it proceeds to radiate gravitational waves. Therefore whatever energy goes into accelerating the object is quickly radiated away so there is no net increase in speed.
Can light speed be achieved with gear ratios?
No, Scientists have been able to get microparticles up to speeds close to lightspeed. With today's technology, lightspeed is pretty much our speed limit. Currently if we cant get microparticles up to licht speeds I assume that Gear ratio light speed is a long way off.
How does how does light travel through opaque material?
it cant travel through light.
What is special about the speed of light?
you cant see it
How does light travel from one point to another?
In straight lines (well, "geodesic" might be a better term), and at the speed of light in the medium they're in.
Can light and sound travel through space?
light can but sound cant as there is no air
Why cant you see an object through a bent pipe?
You can't see an object through a bent pipe because light does not travel in straight lines when passing through the bent pipe. The light rays are refracted as they enter the pipe, causing the object to appear distorted or blocked from view due to the curve of the pipe.
What is a material that light can't travel through?
There is no known material that light cannot travel through. However, materials such as lead and thick concrete can significantly attenuate or absorb light, making them almost opaque to visible light.
What can light travel through that sound cant travel through?
Light can travel through a vacuum, such as outer space, where sound cannot travel as it requires a medium like air, water, or a solid to propagate. Light can also travel through transparent materials like glass or air, while sound is mostly blocked or absorbed by these materials.
Why cant the speed of light be exceeded?
In our Universe, any attempt to exceed the speed of light, as viewed in any frame, by a particle with mass, will be defeated by the laws of the Universe we happen to live in. Whether or not we like that fact is irrelevent: that's the laws of this Universe. It arises from the fact that an object getting close to the speed of light will get more and more massive as it gets closer and closer. Because of that, it will become harder and harder to make it go faster, as it takes more energy to accelerate an object with more mass.
Can you weigh light?
I would say that we can't weight light because whether heavy or light. if we weight any substance,if we pass light on that object the mass of that object will be constant so we cant measure light
Why does a shadow not form behind an opaque object?
because light passes through, and you cant have a shadow with light on now can you?
