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Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light?

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Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light?
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RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light?
December 12, 2016 at 10:34 am
(December 12, 2016 at 10:32 am)Alex K Wrote: It's basically a fundamental property of nature that doesn't currently have a much deeper explanation. It's one of the direct consequences of the laws of special relativit and can be derived from the axiom that the speed of light is the same for all observers and sources, something that appears to be true.

@abaris: The OPERA superluminal neutrino thing was just a lose cable...
It's one of those typical examples that everyone reads the overhyped articles, and barely anyone the retraction Smile
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Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light?

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Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Rhondazvous - December 12, 2016 at 9:33 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by abaris - December 12, 2016 at 9:43 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Tonus - December 12, 2016 at 4:55 pm
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Cyberman - December 12, 2016 at 10:10 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by chimp3 - December 12, 2016 at 10:27 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Cyberman - December 12, 2016 at 10:30 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by chimp3 - December 12, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Cyberman - December 12, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 12, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by chimp3 - December 12, 2016 at 10:34 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Chas - December 12, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by pocaracas - December 12, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 12, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by pocaracas - December 12, 2016 at 10:47 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by vorlon13 - December 12, 2016 at 11:37 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by vorlon13 - December 12, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by brewer - December 12, 2016 at 2:56 pm
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 12, 2016 at 3:54 pm
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 13, 2016 at 7:45 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 13, 2016 at 9:55 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 13, 2016 at 3:42 pm
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 14, 2016 at 3:33 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 13, 2016 at 9:54 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by pocaracas - December 13, 2016 at 10:29 am
RE: Why Can't Anything Travel Faster than Light? - by Alex K - December 14, 2016 at 6:58 am

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