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Physics question that came up today. If you car travels at the speed of light,
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Physics question that came up today. If you car travels at the speed of light,

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Nov 23, 2023, 3:33 PM

do your headlights work?

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yes, the light leaves your headlights at the speed of light

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Nov 23, 2023, 3:35 PM

and you will measure it as the speed of light if you are still looking at the car or if you are in the car. The car cannot accelerate to the speed of light, but there is nothing that says it can't already be going the speed of light (forever presumably)

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Neil Degrasse Tyson answerd this a few weeks ago.

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Nov 23, 2023, 3:38 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O1bZz_lKw0

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Speed of light is relative

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Nov 23, 2023, 4:01 PM

Reference Einsteins theory of relativity.

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