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How does time slow down for objects moving at high speeds if the speed of light is constant?

asked Apr 18, 2022 in Speed of Light by Underdog

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Could you use a black hole to travel through space-time faster than the speed of light, like the Millennium Falcon does in The Force Awakens?

asked Apr 18, 2022 in Speed of Light by Pedal Powered Plumbi

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Is the finite speed of light evidence that the universe is hyperbolic?

asked Apr 18, 2022 in Speed of Light by chesterw

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Are we alone in the universe? If not, will we be able to see other sentient beings' lives somewhere out there even though they might be light years away from us right now?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Speed of Light by Dean0brown

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Why does an aeroplane travel faster than a train?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Speed of Light by Switcher

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What is your favorite form of faster than light travel from any show or movie? Why do you like it?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Speed of Light by CrystalNova

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Are people that say faster than light space travel will never be possible for humanity the same as people that said we would never fly in the sky?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Speed of Light by Roy Smith

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How many Earth years will it take to reach 26,000 light years?

asked Apr 17, 2022 in Speed of Light by damitocosita

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How does water travel faster than light when sending information between two points on Earth but slower than light when traveling from Earth to space or vice versa?

asked Apr 16, 2022 in Speed of Light by admin****

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If traveling close to the speed of light causes the mass of an object to increase, is that the same as causing the weight to increase and wouldn't that increased weight kill humans?

asked Apr 16, 2022 in Speed of Light by rickus7

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How far does one travel when traveling at the same speed for two hours?

asked Apr 16, 2022 in Speed of Light by CrystalEnigma

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What is the speed of light in meters per second?

asked Apr 16, 2022 in Speed of Light by rocketron (3.5k points)

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If gravity is the curvature of space-time, why can't we move at speeds greater than the speed of light so that we could avoid being pulled by an object with strong gravitational pull?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Speed of Light by LuminousWhirl

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Is it possible for something to travel faster than light? If so, would it be able to see things in front of itself as they are happening? How much time would have passed for them by the time we saw whatever they saw pass us by?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Speed of Light by CeSparky1

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If the stars we see are many light years away, doesn't that mean that many of them might no longer exist and the light from whatever event destroyed them simply hasn't reached us yet, sort of like looking into the past?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Speed of Light by A DAY WASTED

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If light speed is impossible, then why is Earth so hesitant about answering signals that could have from extraterrestrials? Why not use a call and response system for stars closer to us?

asked Apr 15, 2022 in Speed of Light by Adrian Offer

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Would thoughts assembled onto free flowing electrons be considered mass, thus inhibiting the ability to transit information at the speed of light?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Speed of Light by Powerelec

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Can an object travel at the speed of light without accelerating?

asked Apr 14, 2022 in Speed of Light by NebulaMystic (3.8k points)

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

asked Apr 12, 2022 in Speed of Light by david radley

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What would happen if an object traveled faster than the speed of light on Earth's surface? Would it break any laws of physics?

asked Apr 12, 2022 in Speed of Light by sweatysuccessful

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