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If you move faster does time slow down?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by Keiran OConnor

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How does the Flash beat Sonic if he moves at light speed and sonic moves at sound speed?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by sueymazipan

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When you say speed of light is constant, what are you refering? (since same waves, different speeds, based on medium)?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by eskimo

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Do you think it's possible that humans could one day travel at the speed of light? Why or why not?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by NebulaMystic (3.8k points)

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Why do scientists say that the speed of light is constant? How can this be proven mathematically or theoretically? Is it really true or just an assumption made after some experiments?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by Loizoin (2.2k points)

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Given our perception of time, would we feel any difference if we were travelling at 99.9% the speed of light? Conversely, how can we be sure that things in the Universe are not happening way too fast compared to the rate at which we perceive time?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by dook

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A car travels 600km in 15 hours. If the speed is increased by 10km/hr, then how much time does it take to cover the same distance?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by Cannock TC

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Would sound still travel faster than light if there was no air?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by SolarisNova

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According to the forward Lorentz transformation, t’=-? (vx/c^2) when t=0. So a spaceship travelling at close to light speed to earth would be predicted to be infinitely in our past (? approaches infinity)? How is this physically possible?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by getroofingquotes

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What is the speed of light? What is dark energy?

asked Apr 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by Edberry12

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Can you give an example of time dilation that does not involve traveling near the speed of light or using special equipment like clocks in micro-gravity chambers?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by Dan2022wales

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A pulse of light takes 2.63 to travel 0.500m in a certain material. What is the material index?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by cheltonian

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What would be the consequences on our solar system if the speed of light were instant?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by pourglad

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A recent study has shown that neutrinos may be able to travel faster than light. What are your thoughts on this? Could this lead to a rethinking of Einstein's theory of relativity?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by matbram

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Theoretically, if you were born traveling the speed of light, lived your life traveling at that same speed, and died at that speed, what would happen?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by Rache

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When the big bang occurred space was traveling faster than the speed of light. What would happen to an intelligent civilization on planets traveling that fast? Would they experience the passage of time the same as we do?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by mwfchris

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Considering there are so many issues with Einstein theories were many components of his ideas on physics have been disproven, does this mean faster than light travel could be possible?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by Washboy

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How does the USS Enterprise actually travel at faster than light speeds? Why doesn't it tear itself apart from all that acceleration/deceleration during space travel in Star Trek?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by Steve da Geez

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If light slows down when changing mediums, such as air into glass, how does it gain energy to speed up again when it comes out of the glass?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by JEagan

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What are the limitations of human travel? What would we see and experience if we could travel at near light speed?

asked Apr 10, 2023 in Speed of Light by Rb0107

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