Recent questions in Special Relativity

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How is taxicab geometry used to predict time dilation?

asked Jan 16, 2023 in Special Relativity by GasKate

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If light travels at a finite speed, which is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second, how light from the most distant known Galaxy, GN-z11, has taken around 13.4 billion years to reach us?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by gormac

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If you left Earth in a spaceship and traveled at the speed of light, would you age? How old would your friends be when you returned to Earth?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by FUNDIMOLD

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How do we know that time dilation is happening if we can't feel it?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by tolis

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Have we seen any galaxies "wink out" as they recede beyond the light speed barrier to observation?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by Cutsea

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If you were to travel at the speed of light, how much time would be saved?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by blackhorseD7

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Can we prove that quantum field theory (QFT) is wrong and special relativity (SR) is right?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by Rona Knowles

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Can an object move faster than light in space? If so, what are some examples of this happening in nature?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by Ray-Bean

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Will humans ever travel at the speed of light in a spacecraft?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Special Relativity by Chrismob

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What happens if you travel faster than the speed of light? How would your body look after coming back from this trip?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Special Relativity by tinasarah

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How did you feel when you first learned about special relativity as a high school student? What were your initial thought processes towards understanding it fully?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by ACP25

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What is the connection between inertia and time dilation according to Einstein's theory of general relativity (in the absence of gravity)?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by danny spencer

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The theory of relativity says that the faster the speed, the slower time passes. And that the greater the gravity, the slower the time. Are these effects added together? How does it work?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by VelvetTwilight

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Can phase velocity exceed the speed of light? What are the implications of this on our universe?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by gingertimmins (2.8k points)

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What is the force required for accelerating an object towards the speed of light (acceleration constant)? What will be its mass when it reaches that velocity?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by gChrisz88

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Is acceleration relative or absolute?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by Nigel

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How can the laws of special relativity be applied to quantum physics?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by ElectricNova (3.1k points)

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What is the speed of light? Why does it not have an upper limit?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Special Relativity by carrot top

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Why are there still opponents of the theory of relativity?

asked Jan 12, 2023 in Special Relativity by bushe

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If an object starting from rest travels 625m when its velocity becomes 125m/s, then what will be the acceleration?

asked Jan 12, 2023 in Special Relativity by StellarVerse

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