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When a person approaches the speed of light, time slows down for him. Why can’t he himself perceive the time to slow down?

asked Jan 16, 2023 in Speed of Light by Dartboard

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Is light important?

asked Jan 16, 2023 in Speed of Light by questuk

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How do you calculate distance traveled by objects moving close to but less than the speed of light?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Speed of Light by ArcanePulse

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How long would it take to travel at light-speed from our closest star, Proxima Centauri, to the nearest Galaxy (Andromeda)?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Speed of Light by eddywatson

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How does NASA accelerate a spacecraft to speeds faster than light (without using warp drives)?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Speed of Light by brush-head

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If an object is travelling at half the speed of light relative to earth, its measured speed is 0.33 times the speed of light, why?

asked Jan 15, 2023 in Speed of Light by Hoffmeuusu

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How long would it take to travel between stars in space ships if warp speed could be achieved by our technology?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Speed of Light by NovaDreamer

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What are some good books on faster-than-light (FTL) drives and warp theory?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Speed of Light by okocala

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What is the name of the boundary around a black hole where not even light can escape the extreme gravitational pull?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Speed of Light by Paul77TR37

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Theoretically, if a piece of radioactive material was traveling at the speed of light, would it decay? If not, is there a speed at which it would?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Speed of Light by Combo

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From a distance of billions of light years, would it be possible to see the Earth? Why or why not?

asked Jan 14, 2023 in Speed of Light by Nikadonix

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How many light years away from Earth is the farthest Galaxy in the universe?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by tilerman007

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In a vacuum, is it feasible for something to move at the speed of light?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by MysticVerse

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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 Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by RadiantNova

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If we could travel faster than light, then why don't people just leave Earth's solar system?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by Megan Butler

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What are the disadvantages of light?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by RadiantAlchemy

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Does light travel forever or does it eventually fade?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by diyJay

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Do astronauts return from space with less mass than before they left Earth? If so, why? Is this due to them travelling faster than light or something else entirely?

asked Jan 13, 2023 in Speed of Light by Ray Retired

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What is the evidence that consciousness collapses wave functions at faster-than-light speeds?

asked Jan 12, 2023 in Speed of Light by bikingliberated

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Can an object be self propelled to the speed of light? As an object approaches the speed of light its mass increases. For that reason it needs more energy to keep accelerating but what if it draws this energy from its own ever increasing mass?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Speed of Light by Buster Bloodblister

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