by Woeler » September 22nd, 2011, 8:28 pm
I think they had some kind of error because if it were possible to travel faster then light we could go faster then our universe expands and so find the border. Also photons of which light consist have no mass meaning they do not need energy to travel or move. however sub-atomic particles (as mentioned in the article) do have a mass, which means they do need some kind of energy to move. Relativity as described by Albert Einstein learns us about this maximum speed. (for the physicists under us please forgive me for this extremely inaccurate explanation of relativity). As an object moves in a vacuum it needs energy to start moving, the faster you want it to move the more energy it needs. also the faster it moves the bigger it's mass seems to get. when an object achieves the speed of light it's mass reaches unlimited, therefore needing an unlimited amount of energy to move at that speed (there is no such amount). the only particles that could move at this speed are particles with no mass, thus photons.
why am i explaining this? no idea I just like being nerdy sometimes XD
Back on the article. I don't believe it's the real deal. I think they had some kind of error. If it were real our whole universe as we know it would be completely different as we think. besides we put man on the moon using the physics we have today, it has already been proven right, I don't think you can disprove it anymore.
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