2006-09-23 22:29:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Thought. [transference]
2006-09-23 22:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by enirgo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Aside from all the humorous responses to this, there are two things that can travel faster than light:
1. Tachyons, which are theoretical particles that are believed to travel at 10-12 times light speed.
2. Application of force - simple example: If you imagine a huge lever and fulcrum built between the Earth and Mars, and you push the lever to move Mars, the force would be transmitted instantly down the lever and Mars would move, even though it would take many minutes for a radio message to confirm it.
For more information, see Faster Than Light, Superluminal Loopholes in Theoretical Physics by Nick Herbert
Hope this helps...
2006-09-23 22:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I may be mistaken, but I think radio and TV signals might travel just as fast as the speed of light, if not faster. But you also have to consider that most, if not all the signals being used are now being broadcast on the internet. That might mean the signals travel as fast if not faster. Maybe the same thing can be said for sound waves. Just my opinion, it doesn't mean much.
2006-09-23 22:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Mike M. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually all electromagnetic waves are at the same velocity as light. We honestly don't know anything faster than light, even 'thought' is debatable.
However maybe dark energy might be the thing, because we know so little about it that even its waveform characteristics may be drastically different.
More to consider for the theory of everything!
2006-09-24 00:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by yasiru89 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another couple candidates for faster than light travel:
Information from wave collapse, I think.
Also the medium matters, no? So for instance light in a vacuum may be traveling faster than light in a medium.
2006-09-23 23:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by QuestionAnswer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing can go as fast as light can, Einstein stated that if you could go the speed of light, then you could time travel. But light travel at more then 5000 feet per second, so going that fast would be imposable.
2006-09-24 00:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light with a turbo-charger??
p.s. Everyone - sound (including radio signals) DEFINATELY travels slower than light. PLease just think how you FIRST see a flash of lightning and then LATER hear the rumble of thunder. Light gets to your eyes first, then sound gets to your ears.
Nothing travels faster than light, unless we are talking about tiny subatomic particles of 'quasi-matter' we cannot (yet) observe, and are just hypothetical. Then MAYBE the answer is that tiny sub-atomic particles of quasi-matter can travel faster than light.
2006-09-23 22:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by nnjamerson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Information
2006-09-23 22:34:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing yet has been found, Time isnt measurable like light is. Time isnt matter it is a state of mind. To answer you question, nothing.
2006-09-23 22:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by Cableguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Plymouth Sattelite.... according to the B-52's!
"She came from planet Clair... I know she came from there.... she drove a Plymouth Sattelite.... faster than the speed of liiiight!!"
2006-09-23 22:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by woodwinman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thoughts.
2006-09-23 22:43:54 · answer #11 · answered by NaughtyBoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋