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NO! According to relativity theory it is not possible for anything with mass to travel faster than light.

However there are particles that have been hypothesized(but never detected, so they may not exist) called tachyons (meaning "the fast ones") that always travel faster than the speed of light.

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Why can't anything travel faster than light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass accelerates, its energy increases and its mass approaches infinity. This means that to accelerate an object with mass to the speed of light would require an infinite amount of energy, which is impossible. Therefore, nothing with mass can travel faster than light.


Is it possible for us to travel faster than light?

According to our current understanding of physics, it is not possible for objects with mass to travel faster than the speed of light. This is because as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its energy and mass increase infinitely, making it impossible to reach or exceed the speed of light.


Why can't you go faster than the speed of light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass accelerates, its energy increases and its mass also increases. As the object approaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite, requiring an infinite amount of energy to continue accelerating. This means that it is impossible for an object with mass to reach or exceed the speed of light.


Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light?

According to the theory of relativity, it is currently believed to be impossible for any object with mass to travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.


Why can't we go faster than the speed of light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its energy and mass increase infinitely, making it impossible to reach or exceed the speed of light. This is because the laws of physics prevent anything with mass from traveling faster than the speed of light.

Related Questions

When does mass cause an object to fall faster?

Mass does not cause an object to fall faster.


What happens to the mass of a particle as the particle approacches the speed of light?

When any object with mass moves, no matter at what speed, its mass increases. The faster it moves, the faster its mass increases. And the closer to the speed of light it moves, the closer to infinity its mass grows.


Why can't anything travel faster than light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass accelerates, its energy increases and its mass approaches infinity. This means that to accelerate an object with mass to the speed of light would require an infinite amount of energy, which is impossible. Therefore, nothing with mass can travel faster than light.


Is it possible for us to travel faster than light?

According to our current understanding of physics, it is not possible for objects with mass to travel faster than the speed of light. This is because as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its energy and mass increase infinitely, making it impossible to reach or exceed the speed of light.


Why can't you go faster than the speed of light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass accelerates, its energy increases and its mass also increases. As the object approaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite, requiring an infinite amount of energy to continue accelerating. This means that it is impossible for an object with mass to reach or exceed the speed of light.


Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light?

According to the theory of relativity, it is currently believed to be impossible for any object with mass to travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.


Why can't we go faster than the speed of light?

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its energy and mass increase infinitely, making it impossible to reach or exceed the speed of light. This is because the laws of physics prevent anything with mass from traveling faster than the speed of light.


Who'll travel faster heavy or light object?

Assuming equal conditions, a light object will generally travel faster than a heavy object due to having less mass to accelerate. This is consistent with Newton's second law of motion, which states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.


If a car is traveling in a vacuum does it weigh less the faster it goes?

As an object accelerates toward the speed of light it's mass (and weight) increases, at the speed of light (c) the objects mass would be infinite, making it impossible for any object to accelerate to light speed. So, "no" an object does not weigh less by moving faster in a vacuum, the faster it goes the more it weighs and the slower time goes. The change in mass and time occurs because near light speed the variable "c" is more fixed and the remaining variables (time and mass) must change to maintain balance.


The less mass a moving object has the?

its faster


Is it possible for you to travel faster than the speed of light?

According to the theory of relativity, it is not possible for any object with mass to travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, which is about 186,282 miles per second.


Is it possible to move faster than the speed of light?

According to the theory of relativity, it is not possible for any object with mass to travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, which is about 186,282 miles per second.