what do contemporary physics say?
2006-09-27 02:20:21 · 28 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Contemporary physics says no
2006-09-27 02:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Contemporary physics say no because you cannot have a mass and travel at the speed of light. This is according to the theory of special relativity which is actually a proven theory by observations and experiments.
2006-09-27 03:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by Sporadic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes possible...
Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department.
also...
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse. As if to defy common sense, the backward-moving pulse of light travels faster than light. Confused? You're not alone.
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2006-09-27 03:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends upon what is moving. If you had a really large set of scissors the intersection of the two blades travels much faster than the blades themselves. The thing moving in this case is really a concept rather than an object. When the blades are almost parallel the intersection moves at truly extraordinary speeds. Quantum Physics also implies an exception. Extremely small objects seem to exist in one location at one time and another location at a different time without existing in between.
2006-09-27 02:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by anonimous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's impossible :
In quantum mechanics, certain quantum effects may be transmitted at speeds greater than c (indeed, action at a distance has long been perceived by some as a problem with quantum mechanics: see EPR paradox, interpretations of quantum mechanics). For example, the quantum states of two particles can be entangled, so the state of one particle fixes the state of the other particle (say, one must have spin +½ and the other must have spin −½). Until the particles are observed, they exist in a superposition of two quantum states, (+½, −½) and (−½, +½). If the particles are separated and one of them is observed to determine its quantum state then the quantum state of the second particle is determined automatically. If, as in some interpretations of quantum mechanics, one presumes that the information about the quantum state is local to one particle, then one must conclude that second particle takes up its quantum state instantaneously, as soon as the first observation is carried out. However, it is impossible to control which quantum state the first particle will take on when it is observed, so no information can be transmitted in this manner. The laws of physics also appear to prevent information from being transferred through more clever ways and this has led to the formulation of rules such as the no-cloning theorem and the no-communication theorem.
2006-09-27 02:23:37 · answer #5 · answered by mr_resistor2003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Light itself is not an indivisible entity. It comprises of, besides the components of visible spectrum, the invisible part which may have a lot to be discovered yet. It is to be seen what lies beyond ultraviolet or infrared, or even other hithertofore untrodden areas of nature which may unfold with time. There may be waves which travel even faster. And matching their speed might be a challenge of the future.
2006-09-27 02:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by humayunbob62 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No due to einstiens therory of relativity Energy=mass*Speed of Light^2 nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.
2006-09-27 02:39:33 · answer #7 · answered by Sniper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time dilation says that as you get closer to the speed of light time slows down, therefore at the speed of light time would be stopped, if time is stopped you will never get anywhere so it would take an infinite amount of energy and therefor it is imposable.
never say never but i don't know of any other of Einsteins laws that have ever been disproved.
2006-09-27 02:27:22 · answer #8 · answered by Mrkaras 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No holiday at or above the speed of sunshine isn't accessible. holiday into the previous isn't accessible. merely because 2 issues are not any further accessible, you could not assume a causal link between them.
2016-12-02 04:08:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
faster than light that means u reach somewhere before light ,does it worth any thing? contemporary physics says no,philosophy says yes.i don't know why but p'ple still think this things.but i think it is good ,and i think yes oneday we will have such advanced technology.
2006-09-30 23:48:45 · answer #10 · answered by alexander 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋