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If we could travel faster than the speed of light, would it be possible to go back in time and meet ourselves?

asked Feb 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by decky

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If only 1 grain of sand goes straight at my chest at 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the speed of light will I die?

asked Feb 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by James V

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What is the fastest possible speed for any object? How does this relate to what we know about light and other things traveling at infinite speeds through space?

asked Feb 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by Carpbass

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Can humans achieve faster-than-light speeds without assistance from aliens or some other higher power like gods?

asked Feb 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by Fraserj70

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What are the effects of time dilation and length contraction on an object?

asked Feb 16, 2022 in Special Relativity by Cara Baker

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What happens when a person travels near or past the speed of light for an extended period of time? Would his age start slowing down as well since he's technically traveling faster than time itself?

asked Feb 15, 2022 in Special Relativity by prisoner

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Could someone on a spaceship see stars passing by their windows if they were traveling at near light speed?

asked Feb 14, 2022 in Special Relativity by Plumbluck

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Can you explain what Albert Einstein meant when he said that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared?

asked Feb 13, 2022 in Special Relativity by renaultman

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What would happen to an astronaut's body/eyesight if he were to travel faster than the speed of light without protective glasses or something like that?

asked Feb 13, 2022 in Special Relativity by surprisinghumiliated

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How can light travel in a space which expands faster than the speed of light?

asked Feb 13, 2022 in Special Relativity by winterdiy

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What is aether? How does time dilation happen?

asked Feb 12, 2022 in Special Relativity by CelestialEcho

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If someone were to travel at close to the speed of light for millions of years, would they be able to reach the other side of the universe?

asked Feb 10, 2022 in Special Relativity by StellarEnigma

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If we are traveling at the speed of light, can we see our future?

asked Feb 10, 2022 in Special Relativity by MamaBear

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Accepting the relativity of simultaneity as being true, how many people and who would you estimate are currently actually alive and living in the past or future, in their own distinct temporal reference frame relative to our timeline?

asked Jan 20, 2022 in Special Relativity by SeraphicSculptor

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How does the relativity of simultaneity affect how we draw conclusions about the universe?

asked Jan 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by AuroraEcho

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What would happen if we could think at the speed of light?

asked Jan 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by Vixere

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Why should we use average velocity to find total distance traveled and not instantaneous velocity?

asked Jan 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by TempestCharm

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Why can't the quantum foam of the vacuum be measured to determine a non-relative zero velocity location in space?

asked Jan 19, 2022 in Special Relativity by JusticeEmpire

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Why do objects fall faster as they gain velocity? Shouldn't they eventually reach a constant terminal velocity?

asked Jan 18, 2022 in Special Relativity by Chris Stallard

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Does Relativistic Time dilation hide a fundamental flaw which implies an indirect gravity effect: Gravity must affect time dimension first then time dilation affects objects? So how is this concept different from an imaginary Ether medium?

asked Jan 18, 2022 in Special Relativity by doug2006

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