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What travels faster than light waves and sound waves?

Nothing within the known laws of physics can travel faster than light in a vacuum. However, certain theoretical particles known as tachyons are hypothesized to travel faster than light. Additionally, gravitational waves can also travel at the speed of light.


Why does light travel faster in air than in solid and liquid?

Light travels faster in air than in solid and liquid because the particles in solid and liquid mediums are closer together, which results in more frequent collisions and absorptions by the particles. This causes light to slow down as it travels through these denser mediums. In contrast, air has fewer particles and more space between them, allowing light to travel faster with fewer collisions.


What travels faster than light?

Nothing travels faster than light.


Which diffuse faster heavy particles or light particles?

In general lighter particles should diffuse faster than heavier particles, this could be extrapolated from the relationship to mass, volume, and energy. If we look at particles of all the same, ideal, substance, we would see that an object with less mass would be smaller but would also require less energy to move. That is, at the same temperature a particle of lower mass would move faster than a similar particle of heavier mass. We also see that smaller particles also maximize surface area/mass - this is also conducive to faster diffusion.


Is gravity faster than light?

No, gravity is not faster than light. According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.

Related Questions

What travels faster than the speed of light?

Tachyons are hypothetical sub atomic particles that can travel faster than the speed of light.


What is the name of particles that travel faster than light?

neutrinos


Are the particles move the faster in the light bulb or in a campfire?

Particles move faster in a campfire than in a light bulb. In a campfire, the heat generated is much higher, causing the particles to move at a faster rate compared to the lower heat levels in a light bulb.


Is there a tiny particle that can faster than the speed of light and sound?

No known particles can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, according to the theory of special relativity. In a medium like water, particles such as neutrinos can travel faster than the speed of light in that medium, but not in a vacuum. In solids, sound waves can propagate faster than light as well.


What is more faster then the speed of light?

Theoretically there exist hypothetical particles called tachyons which can travel faster than the speed of light.


What travels faster than light waves and sound waves?

Nothing within the known laws of physics can travel faster than light in a vacuum. However, certain theoretical particles known as tachyons are hypothesized to travel faster than light. Additionally, gravitational waves can also travel at the speed of light.


Are tachyon beams faster than light?

Tachyons are hypothetical particles which can travel faster than light. But since they are so fast, none have been detected so far.


What is the name of medium which is faster than light?

It is my understand that there is not anything that can travel faster than the speed of light. Perhaps ones thoughts are faster though I am not sure on that point. Robert Tachyons are theoretical particles that will cease to exist if they slow down to light speed.


Why does light travel faster in air than in solid and liquid?

Light travels faster in air than in solid and liquid because the particles in solid and liquid mediums are closer together, which results in more frequent collisions and absorptions by the particles. This causes light to slow down as it travels through these denser mediums. In contrast, air has fewer particles and more space between them, allowing light to travel faster with fewer collisions.


Do gamma particles travel fastest?

Gamma particles are photons - or electromagnetic waves. They travel at the speed of light; nothing can go faster than that.


Is there a particle that goes faster than the speed of light?

Not as far as we know. Theoretically these particles are called tachyons.


Is there any particles whose velocity is greater than photon particles?

Possibly neutrinos are . . . scientists right now are thinking that neutrinos travel faster than light (photons)