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If the speed of light is 3 lakh km per second, then why does sunlight reach Earth at eight minutes?

asked May 11, 2022 in Special Relativity by Paul_M

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Can a particle go as fast as or even faster than the speed of light without getting any mass increase?

asked May 10, 2022 in Special Relativity by dave Gibbons

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Could a human survive traveling at the speed of light? What about traveling slightly faster but for longer distances?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Special Relativity by Deleted member 21063

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How fast does one need to go in order to break the speed of light, and is this theoretically achievable (without breaking any laws)?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Special Relativity by EmberEnchantress (2.2k points)

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What is the speed of an object at rest and moving with constant velocity?

asked Apr 20, 2022 in Special Relativity by SarafAtak

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Recognizing the universe has been determined as 3D flat space (by way of WMAP), is it time dilation that creates the curvature of spacetime around masses?

asked Apr 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by Choosing a cordless

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How can anything have momentum even when it has no mass and what would be Einstein's equation (E= mc^2) be for such particle?

asked Apr 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by StellarVerse

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Are the various occurrences of the human body faster than light?

asked Apr 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by knight1965

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How is it possible for humans to travel through space (to other planets) at speeds faster than light? What are some of the challenges we'd have to overcome?

asked Apr 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by AstralHorizon

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If length contraction was only dependent on the perspective of the stationary observer and not a real phenomenon, why does the rope break in Bell's spaceship paradox?

asked Apr 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by seemless (2.2k points)

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How is it possible to travel faster than light and still be within our universe (without breaking any laws of physics)?

asked Apr 18, 2022 in Special Relativity by Dam0n

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How long will it take us to reach our closest star from Earth if we could go faster than the speed of light?

asked Apr 18, 2022 in Special Relativity by Worcesterman

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Can humans go faster than the speed of light? If so, are there any effects on them?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Special Relativity by MysticHarmony

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Does a photon come into existence already at the speed of light or does it have to accelerate to the speed of light after it comes into existence?

asked Apr 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by QuantumMystic

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How long does it take for light to travel from a point A to B and back to A again (speed of light)?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Special Relativity by Rafell

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If it were hypothetically possible to travel close to the speed of light, would the crew inside the spacecraft be crushed by the acceleration?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Special Relativity by LunarCharm

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How does time dilation allow people traveling faster than light to avoid aging?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Special Relativity by Chunkomunko

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Is it possible to travel at near or above the speed of light without breaking any physical laws (i.e., no warp drives)?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Special Relativity by marcus72

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Some scientists have argued that in theory one could travel faster than light with sort of " warp bubble" where you do not move, but rather space itself pushes you. Could one escape from inside of event horizon of black hole with this warp bubble?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Special Relativity by DC84

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How do you convert one light year to meters using 3x10^8m/s for the speed of light using d=vt?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Special Relativity by Clarts

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