2006-10-14 03:19:50 · 14 answers · asked by David J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You could use the same question with speed of sound and get same answer.
To the observer with object comming towards them the light will be more intense than a regular headlight due to compression of time/light. The ship itself as it passses you will also appear compressed.
2006-10-14 14:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by aorton27 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Energy travels at the speed of light. So even if you turn your entire ship into pure energy the maximum speed is the speed of light. There is nothing that can travel faster than the speed of light through space. The only way to do it is to manipulate space itself, the principle behind Star Trek's warp drive. The ship, relative to the local space it is in, is traveling at a speed slower than the speed of light but somehow the warp drive moves the entire local space that the ship sits in. There is no speed limit on how fast space itself could move.
2016-05-22 01:17:59 · answer #2 · answered by Carissa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The assumption that Einstein based his theory of relativity was that light travels at the same speed in any reference frame. The answer is therefor that the light from the headlights will travel at exactly the speed of light.
It is this single assumption that calls for the time-delay and everything else in the theory of relativity.
2006-10-14 03:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jens F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would still travel at the full speed of light. The speed of light is a constant and does not change regardless of the speed of the source.
2006-10-14 03:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by T F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light will travel at the speed of light. But you probably forgot to point out where is the observer.
This is probably the point that your teacher is trying to make or you should be aware:
Example: For an external observer:
At low speeds:
30 mile/ hour + 5 mile/hour = 35 mile /hour
At close to light speeds:
0.6C + 0.7C = C
2006-10-14 03:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would trave at the speed of light, not only for a stationary observer the ship is passing, but also for the people on the spacecraft. The speed of light in vacuum is constant for all observers.
2006-10-14 03:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your point of view in the spaceship, c, or the speed of light. This is one of the fundamental "paradoxes" of Relativity. The speed of light is always observed to be the same, regardless of the observer's point of view or relative frame of motion. How is this so? Time is moving slower for the person on the spaceship relative to the person not moving. If you understand the Lorentz transformation, it's no mathematical problem. Look it up and go for it!
2006-10-14 03:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time dilates. Space warps and curves. But, light speed is always light speed, no matter that motion of the source of the photons or the observer measuring their speed.
2006-10-14 03:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. At exactly the speed of light.
2006-10-14 03:23:02 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would still travel at 300,000,000 metres per second.
No matter how fast you go, light will always travel at the same speed IN YOUR REFERENCE FRAME.
This is the basis of Special Relativity. To compensate for the paradox, you move through time at a different rate.
(Sorry for the caps,I would bold if I could)
2006-10-14 03:23:31 · answer #10 · answered by Stuart T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋