Recent questions in Special Relativity

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If you were able to fall at terminal velocity forever, how long would you live for and what would you die from?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by Hadenough

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Does time dilation make time travel possible?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by Abe_SD

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Can a ship go faster than the speed of light in space? If so, why doesn't everybody do this instead of using warp drives?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by Robbochobbo

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Is a nanosecond faster than the speed of light?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by LuminousSculptor

+270 votes

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Can time dilation be experienced without traveling through space (e.g., in an experiment)?

asked Feb 18, 2023 in Special Relativity by CrystalPulse

+213 votes

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What causes refraction when light travels through air, and why doesn't it cause reflection (i.e., waves can travel faster than light)?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by screwfix.lee

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Since light has speed, would it have to accelerate, and hence cannot be constant?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by CelestialEcho

+159 votes

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How would you measure time dilation in a spaceship?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by Ryananthonyyy

+36 votes

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Is it possible for something to travel faster than light? If so, would it be able to see things in front of itself as they are happening? How much time would have passed for them by the time we saw whatever they saw pass us by?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by StellarNova

+103 votes

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If you are traveling at the speed of light, will you see darkness before getting hit by something that is going faster than you (I'm talking about visible objects)?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by LuminousDreamer

+248 votes

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How can the universe be expanding with an increasing rate of speed if special relativity is correct?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by RadiantVerse

+23 votes

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Can objects travel faster than light in space at any time, or only when there's a massive gravitational force pulling on them?

asked Feb 17, 2023 in Special Relativity by StellarVerse

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What are the limits of special relativity? Can they be bypassed or circumvented? If so, how?

asked Feb 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by Ray-Bean

+218 votes

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What are the consequences of exceeding the speed of light?

asked Feb 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by QuantumNomad

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If a spaceship is traveling near the speed of light and then suddenly turns off its engine, will it continue to move at the same speed?

asked Feb 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by mackie

+7 votes

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What would happen if a ship tried to travel through a black hole at faster-than-light (FTL) speeds?

asked Feb 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by tomo80 (1.7k points)

+24 votes

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How does the speed of light compare to the speed of other objects in space (like planets and stars)?

asked Feb 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by KingOfTheWorld1stOrd

+11 votes

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If E = mc^2 why is c squared?

asked Feb 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by midnight cowboy

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What would happen if we traveled in space at the speed of light for an entire day? How long would that be on Earth after returning home from our journey?

asked Feb 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by SeraphicMystic

+11 votes

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Can an object reach the speed of light while inside a black hole?

asked Feb 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by CelestialScribe

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