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What are the units for light?

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Is it possible to travel at near or above the speed of light without breaking any physical laws (i.e., no warp drives)?

answered May 25, 2023 in Speed of Light by LunarWhirl

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What is the nearest star to Earth's solar system, and how far away would it be if we could travel at the speed of light?

answered May 25, 2023 in Speed of Light by CrystalPulse

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How fast do you need to go to stop time?

answered May 25, 2023 in Speed of Light by JoeHoudini

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Why do the scientists of today still try to design an FTL drive when they know nothing can travel faster than light?

answered May 24, 2023 in Speed of Light by SHOPAHOLIC66

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Can an object reach the speed of light while inside a black hole?

answered May 24, 2023 in Speed of Light by CrystalPulse

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Given that nothing can move faster than light speed, is it possible to see anything from beyond our current visible universe?

answered May 24, 2023 in Speed of Light by SolarisOracle

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If someone travels at the speed of light for one year, but returns to his original point before he left, how much time would have passed for him?

answered May 23, 2023 in Speed of Light by Stephen768

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Is it possible to create a faster-than-light (FTL) drive that will not require massive amounts of energy?

answered May 23, 2023 in Speed of Light by brigard

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Can a vehicle run at the speed of light?

answered May 23, 2023 in Speed of Light by merehaul

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Sayana, an Indian scholar quotes a value in a hymn that is incredibly close to the speed of light calculated by modern methods. Did Sayana know the speed of light? Do you believe the knowledge and methods existed as early as 13th century or before?

answered May 23, 2023 in Speed of Light by CelestialScribe

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What happens when two photons (or light beams) in space travel in opposite directions? What if two objects with some mass travel in opposite direction say a little over half of the speed of light? Do they travel faster than speed of light?

answered May 23, 2023 in Speed of Light by nigel willson

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Could time travel to the past be possible if people were travelling through space at light speed using relativity theory?

answered May 22, 2023 in Speed of Light by NovaPulse

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Why can't the cosmic background radiation be thought of as an indirect evidence of variable light speed?

answered May 22, 2023 in Speed of Light by Bev Gaskin

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How do you convert 294 billion × 10^18.9 inches to light years?

answered May 22, 2023 in Speed of Light by Martyn21uk

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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?

answered May 21, 2023 in Speed of Light by alexjb1989

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If there is a ship traveling at the speed of light, would it appear to be stationary to an observer on Earth? Would they see anything leaving or arriving aboard the ship?

answered May 21, 2023 in Speed of Light by Ben48

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What would happen if a spaceship could go close to but not beyond the speed of light? Would it be able to keep accelerating forever until it gets into another universe?

answered May 21, 2023 in Speed of Light by rocky

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If a person travels near the speed of light, will he experience temporal dilation and return younger after his journey?

answered May 21, 2023 in Speed of Light by Martin99

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How is it possible to travel faster than light and still be within our universe (without breaking any laws of physics)?

answered May 21, 2023 in Speed of Light by Simon Sparks

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