If 2 cars are going at the speed of light and they are going toward each other, will they crash? Or will they just go right tru each other? What will be the impact? ect... Thanks
2007-02-24 07:55:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
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While, as often stated here, traveling at the speed of light is impossible, in a question like this, you can stipulate the impossible as long as it remains consitant within the question.
Now, e=mv², that is elementry.
What is the mass of the cars? Well, traveling at c, the mass would be infinite, add that to the huge value of v² you would have an infinite amount of energy released when the cars hit (actually, infinity*2, but let's not quibble).
The resultant explosion would make the brightest supernova dim in comparrison. . .
2007-02-24 08:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about this for a moment. If two cars are traveling at the speed of light, they will have been converted into pure energy. What happens when two light beams intersect each other? Having tried this at home, I can tell you that they simply pass straight through each other, with no apparent bending occurring.
2007-02-24 16:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Einstein proved that nothing except light can travel at the speed of light. Therefore this question has no answer. If two beams of light collided they would just go through each other.
2007-02-24 16:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by Nick W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cars will vaporize with the force of a massive thermonuclear bomb if this ever happened.
2007-02-24 16:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that Einstein theorized that the objects would travel through each other.
2007-02-24 16:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by sur2124 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk but if you find a car that gose that fast get me one
2007-02-24 15:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by james b 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋