• Question: Will headlights work at the speed of light? it is still light so will it?

    Asked by Danny Amos to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 11 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Alexander Henderson

      Alexander Henderson answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      The speed of light is relative to your perspective. Let’s say you on a rocket travelling at the speed of light. If you turn on a torch the beam of light moves away from you at the speed of light, from your perspective.

    • Photo: Sarwat Iqbal

      Sarwat Iqbal answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Only massless particles such as photons can go at the speed of light.
      The craziness of relativity comes into play here, and the answer turns out to be NO.

    • Photo: Shreesha Bhat

      Shreesha Bhat answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      No..

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