theoretically, if something was to travel faster than the speed of light, what would happen?

Answer 1

You'd be blinded!

Answer 2

You could predict the future. Actually, there is now something that is believed to travel faster than the speed of light. To put it as simple as possible, some sub-atomic particles are in pairs. These pairs always spin in opposite directions. If 1 changes direction, the other changes at the same time. There is no lag. Some scientists decided to see what would happen if the pair was separated. They had one particle in Chicago, and took the other one to Minnesota. When 1 particle changed direction, the other changed simultaneously, even though it was a thousand miles away. The question is how did 1 particle 'send the message' that the direction had changed? In order to happen at the same time, the speed of the 'message' is instant - which is faster than the speed of light. Scientists are working on this trying to designate spin one way as 'on' and the other as 'off'.
This is all part of quantum thinking, and quantum 'links' seem to imply either faster-than-light signals, or that local events do not promptly proceed in an unambiguous way at the end of each 'link'.
Much better explanations in "Schrodinger's Rabbits" written by Colin Bruce.

Answer 3

Theoretically you can't go faster than the speed of light. Einstein proposed this question for many years until it finally occurred to him.
e=mc²
or
energy = mass times the speed of light squared.
Here was his thought, an analogy. If a train was to ride along a beam of light and was able to catch up to it effectively going the speed of light, what would happen if you were to increase the energy that would normally make the train go faster?
His answer was that the energy you put into the train would be added to it's mass. He concluded that if you were able to travel along the train at the speed of light it would first appear to be about half of the original size and would grow as more energy was increased.

Answer 4

It all depends on what you mean. They have actually accelerated light beyond the speed of light, and it was still...light.

But, if you're considering what would happen to matter accelerating to the speed of light (ignoring gravity and assuming we're in a vacuum)

In this dimension, the matter would become hyper-excited, and basically everything would atomize and ionize, breaking down into atoms, and eventually just electrons because of inertia. Simply: the matter would basically turn into light and electricity.

The only way to overcome this i believe is trans-dimensional travel, which is completely theoretical, seeing as we don't have teleporters or hyperdrives or the such YET.

Answer 5

Just for any mass to get up *to* the speed of light would require infinite energy, like all the energy in the universe. Clearly impossible. At light speed, the object would have infinite mass, like all the mass in the universe. Also clearly impossible. Your question is a non-question.

Answer 6

gintable is authentic. the fee of sunshine ("c") is better than purely a velocity; that's a popular consistent that connects the strategies of time and area, and count and potential. The universe seems to be built in considered one of those way that something which travels at velocity "c" in one reference physique, additionally travels at velocity "c" in each and every reference physique. That actuality on my own is sufficient to verify which you won't be in a position to outrun a mild beam. i do no longer think of johnnyriesling is authentic approximately entanglement (nevertheless i'm no longer the single that thumbed him down). Entanglement looks to allow one experience to "impact" a 2nd experience at once in the time of arbitrary distances; yet that's no longer the comparable concern as transmitting preparation. the character of the "events" is to make a length whose result's thoroughly unknown beforehand. there is not any way, even theoretically, to apply entanglement to transmit preparation speedier than "c".

Answer 7

It would probably travel through time and since an object is slightly shorter in the direction it's travelling, in relation to the speed of light, if would lost its mass?

Answer 8

It will eventually just become light by vertue of the conversion of its mass into light energy.

Answer 9

you may have experienced 'sonic booms' caused by an aeroplane flying overhead faster than the speed of sound.when the velocity of the motion is greater in magnitude than velocity of sounds,the source of the wave is supersonic.is called shock waves

Answer 10

theoretically you will see the same thing go by you later!