At the speed of light, it seems to me, that time would stand still. At least, time as I know it to be. One degree faster, would then cause time to go in reverse, relative to where I'm at. At least, 'my time' would. Wouldn't it? So speed of light being, then, a reference point of time standing still. I could go a zillion miles one way and a gazillion another way at the same 'time'.? A few decades ago, I recall reading something like that in a book titled 'Cosmology'. Which described many people different theories.
2006-10-22 10:00:58 · 12 answers · asked by jemrx2 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You are correct, time stops at the speed of light, so if you could do the impossible and travel at exactly the speed of light, it would seem to you as if you were everyplace in the universe at once. But it is impossible for anything that has rest mass to go that fast since mass increases to infinity at the speed of light.
2006-10-22 12:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes- according to relativity, time would stand still FOR YOU.
But... light still travels @ a finite speed (186,000 miles per secound) so you will not experience the motion of time, but let's just say that you go @ the speed of light for twenty years. because time is relative, you will be exactly the same, but your mom would be twenty years older.
This is also called the twin paradox, if you want to know more.
Time in reverse brings up many interesting points, such as the grandfather paradox, but as far as we know, it isn't possible. also according to relativity, it is impossible to go faster than the speed of light.
2006-10-22 20:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can never travel at the sped of light . Because speed is inveresely affected by the increase in mass . It is only the light particles , the su-atomic particles that reach the highest speed ans its pseed is limited by the mass of the particle in motin.So efen an atom can not travel at the sped of light . So it is only imaginary fun to speak of travelling at the speed of light or exceeding the speed of light . Een at the speed of light one can ot be every whre as in the inter stellar spaces there are distances that take millions of years for light itself to reach.But gravity reaches instntly as it is no particle and has no mass . The force of gravityalone can be present instantly and that too has its won limitation of becoming zero as the distance increases . Its strength is said to weaken by the square of the distance it reaches .and thus would be zero at some point and so there are large areas in space which are freef rom gravity too.
It is only in fantasy that we can travel at the speed of light or exceed the speed of light .Timeis not related to speed of light and even if there were no light time would have been there if there were the comencement of some event . Without any reference frame of events time would be as meaningless as the terms "Big" and "Small".
2006-10-22 18:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Infinity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the speed of light is not the same thing as infinite speed.
Photons, after all, do travel at the speed of light, and they behave fairly sensibly. The photon "experiences" zero time as it travels, in the sense that its emission and its absorption are separated by zero "proper time". But to a non-lightspeed observer, the emission and absorption are separate events, and the emission always preceeds the absorption.
2006-10-22 17:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well lets put it this way,if you were to travel at the speed of light and lets say you went to the nearest universe. say you were only gone for about 5 min. well when you got back to earth, if there was a 10 year old you know,,, that 10 year old would be 75 years old!!!,,,,,, i am only 11 years old and i know ALL THIS STUFF! i plan on being a astronaught when i grow up!
2006-10-22 18:09:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jordyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe anyone knows the answer to that question..
Why would cellular aging stop just because you were in
a rocket ship traveling at the speed of light...
Light may take many years to travel between stars..
You still need to eat, sleep and your cells will age...
2006-10-22 17:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That makes sense.However if you were traveling the speed of light ( 180,000 miles per second ) you would go 180, 000 miles per second. If we did that, we would not be in the same place but somewhere in space.
Unless if we are talking about going around the world..... I see what you are saying now... it is so fast we would not feel that we traveled 180000 miles per second.
2006-10-22 17:04:51 · answer #7 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we were moving backward at the speed of light the image would freeze.
2006-10-22 17:03:06 · answer #8 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If time stood still I guess the world would consist of newborns.
2006-10-22 17:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would stay your age when every1 esle gets older if u travel @ the speed of light
2006-10-22 17:03:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋