If I am traveling in my car and I am going faster than the speed of light and I turn on my headlights will they come on? and what about the radio? will I be able to listen to that also?
2007-01-18 15:48:07 · 21 answers · asked by dannydolphin 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Traveling more than speed of the light many unknown things can happen.
My thinking:
* Everything outside the car will be dark as night.
* Outside radio wave can not be received.
2007-01-18 18:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dhiman B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lights will turn on, but you won't be able to see them until you stop travelling faster than the speed of light.
Your radio will work, but what would you hear? At each moment, you would get a new signal from further into the future. I think that it would sound strange, eh?
2007-01-18 23:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by Loulabelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible to travel at the speed of light. Light is a constant. It's explained in Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
I'll sum up the points you need to know.
Again light is a constant, or it always travels at the same speed.
If you go extremely fast, let's just say half the speed of light, time will slow down, so that light still goes at the same speed. It's like a dog chasing its tail, it will never catch its tail.
About the radio...
Since you know that traveling at the speed of light is impossible, let's just say that you are going at 10,000 miles per hour. As long as their is air in the car, you will hear the radio. (Air is a medium, and as long there is a medium, there will be sound)
2007-01-19 01:11:31 · answer #3 · answered by smartyoshi7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only of you turn the radio up really loud. . .
The speed of light is considered a theoretical speed limit.
The theory is that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light - not even light itself.
2007-01-18 23:52:28 · answer #4 · answered by texas_boone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time will pass in your car. The lights will come on and appear to behave normally because of the time dilation. Their light will be travelling at the speed of light by your reference as well as in real time. However, the radio will apear to speed up because the station is transmitting in normal time. Hope you have a good antenna.
2007-01-19 02:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you can break the speed of light (which has been proven to be possible, see source) you'd theoretically end up in a parallel universe. Parallel Universes are not confined to the same laws of physics as our universe is.
However this is all speculation... The only known thing to be faster then the speed of light, is light itself. It's still deemed impossible to send any sort of information to the past, but with this discovery maybe humanity will be fueled with a fervor to prove that is also possible.
You never know...
2007-01-19 00:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by Frank 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is not valid because nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. next time do a little research.
2007-01-18 23:55:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light basicly goes by radio waves. So yes, you would be able to listen to your radio. It actually takes just one second for radio waves travelling at the speed of light to reach the moon from Earth.
2007-01-18 23:54:59 · answer #8 · answered by Jon 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you go faster than the speed of light, you are supposedly supposed to go backwards in time. However, time itself is a construct invented by man.
2007-01-19 00:56:10 · answer #9 · answered by ANSWER MY QUESTION!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lights would come on, but you would be out running them. i think the radio might work, but you couldn't lock on to a station, because you'd be outrunning the radio waves too. by the way, einstein said that it is impossible to exceed the speed of light.
2007-01-18 23:52:36 · answer #10 · answered by notmyrealname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋