Is it THEORETICALLY possible to actually = the speed of light
because I've read so many articles where physicists @ CERN accelerate particles to 99.999% of the speed of light, but never actually REACH it ...
If this were possible, what would it be like? Would your thoughts slow down completely as well ...would you be frozen for infinity ????
2007-09-07 23:32:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, it is not possible. Nothing with any mass can reach the speed of light.
But you can get close.
However, it feels just like sitting there at your PC feels. There is no absolute frame to measure your speed against, and if we look at the most distant objects in the universe then they are receding from us - or equivalently we are receding from them - at almost the speed of light. So in effect you already are moving at near the speed of light.
2007-09-08 00:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A small particle being accelerated to near the speed of light is quite different from human beings being speeded up. Even that small particle cannot actually reach the speed of light since enormous amounts of energy are needed to accelerate it further.
If we reach near the speed of light, our mass increases enormously. What else will happen is difficult to imagine.
2007-09-07 23:42:21 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i once read an article, if u reach the speed of light, the time will freeze. The time and ur thoughts will freeze only when u reach 100% of the speed of light.
However, ur thoughts n time will not freeze when u reach 99.99999999999999999%
2007-09-07 23:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by The Snail 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einsteins work proves that NOTHING with mass can be accelerated to the speed of light.
2007-09-08 00:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's not possible to reach light speed.
theoretically you'd have infinite mass and time would stop.
2007-09-08 00:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋