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Can an object travel at the speed of light without accelerating?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by chippyjeff

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How did Einstein get to know that the speed limit of the universe is the speed of light?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by Indiana Jones

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What are wormholes? Could they be used for faster than light travel and also as a means to go backward in time (theoretically speaking)?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by Jarveye

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In his original paper on special relativity, why did Einstein use "spatially relative" terms such as 'inertial frame' and 'events' when talking about time dilation?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by moorbathtub

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Why does space seem to push back on us when we try and travel through it at the speed of light or faster?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by perceivecoach

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Can you explain the process of measuring the speed of light between two mirrors?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by EthericPulse

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How does light travel at different speeds?

asked Mar 10, 2023 in Special Relativity by poolethetool

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How does using more or less power affect the velocity of an object?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Special Relativity by Stue

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What would happen if a photon was shot at the Earth at the speed of light?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Special Relativity by drillerdiy

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How can we talk about the first nanoseconds of cosmic inflation when time is relative? Shouldn't it be necessary to talk with the reference frame of the thing that experienced that moment?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Special Relativity by datadiffusion

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Apart from the fact of accepted paradigm and use of such in physics, what is the evidence that c, the speed of light, is immutable?

asked Feb 20, 2023 in Special Relativity by Harps69 (3.7k points)

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Would you see things moving backwards relative to you if you travel away from Earth at close to the speed of light for long enough?

asked Feb 19, 2023 in Special Relativity by Unclebirt

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If we travelled at the speed of light, how much time would pass on Earth while we were gone?

asked Feb 19, 2023 in Special Relativity by goldwise

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What is the speed of light? How long does it take for a beam of light to reach us from Mars?

asked Feb 19, 2023 in Special Relativity by James88

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If I’m travelling at the speed of light and I shine a torch ahead, does the torch light not proceed?

asked Feb 19, 2023 in Special Relativity by TomHall

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What is the relationship between light and mass in quantum physics? Does light have mass? If so, why does it behave as if it doesn't have any mass (near speed of light)? How can something be both massive and massless at the same time?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by Muiz

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What would happen if we put a mirror in space and looked into it while travelling at twice the speed of light? Would our view be distorted or not?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by StellarFrost

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What is the opposite of the theory of relativity?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by SolarisHorizon

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Is Quicksilver faster than the speed of light?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by Brett James

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How long would it take for a mass driver to accelerate from zero to the speed of light?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by questioner (3.3k points)

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