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What will the world appears to a observer traveling at the speed of light?
Originally posted by Koveras00
What will the world appears to a observer traveling at the speed of light?
Originally posted by dg
But the most interesting effect would be that all rays of light would be seen in different directions: the light coming from any direction will start appearing just as if it was coming from a direction closer to the front of us (direction of velocity). At a high enough speed all the light would appear in front of us, until closing into a single point.
I remember a really nice book by some Kaufmann guy on this subject... not much more.
The speed of light is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second, or about 670,616,629 miles per hour.
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, it is not possible for anything with mass to travel at the speed of light. However, massless particles such as photons can travel at this speed.
If an object with mass were able to travel at the speed of light, it would experience infinite mass and time dilation, making it impossible to reach the speed of light.
No, according to the laws of physics, it is not possible for anything with mass to reach the speed of light. However, we can get close to it, such as with particles in particle accelerators.
Travelling at the speed of light would cause time to slow down significantly due to time dilation. This means that time would pass slower for the object travelling at this speed compared to an observer at rest.