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If Lorentz Factors are defined by the squares of velocity, can it be asserted that the Inertial reference framework is independent of direction of travel, but only relates to the magnitude, and therefore is Speed rather than a Classical Velocity?
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What happens to an object's mass as it approaches the speed of light? Will its mass increase or decrease (relative to normal)? Why?
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Why does an aeroplane travel faster than a train?
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How is time dilation consistent?
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If I was traveling in a vehicle, at the speed of light, and I turned the headlights on, would they do anything?
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Why was general relativity developed after special relativity?
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Can you explain the concept of time dilation, and why is it such a mind-blowing scientific discovery?
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If mass increases the closer an object gets to the speed of light, what would be the new mass of a 1kilogram object at 99.9% of the speed of light?
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How can space-time be bent when traveling faster than the speed of light (FTL), and why does this not cause spacetime itself to fold into a black hole every time someone travels FTL?
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What is the difference between time travel and travelling faster than the speed of light (FTL)?
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Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light? If so, how? What are the consequences of exceeding this limit for our space-time structure?
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Does an object contract in length parallel to the direction of motion? Does this mean an object of length D, moving to Earth at close to light speed really contracts in length by a factor gamma?
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If we could travel at the speed of light on Earth and stay over one place and not move, how many times around the Earth would it take?
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Why does the speed of light and sound travel through a medium increase when the density of that medium is increased?
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Can a spot of light on a wall produced by a very fast rotating laser travel faster than light? Does this violate the law that information can't travel faster than light?
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How does time exist if nothing can travel faster than the speed of light?
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Do moving objects experience the effects of special relativity (length contraction and time dilation) more than stationary objects do?
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