WHAT IF YOU MOVED AS FAST AS SPEED OF LIGHT?
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22 March 2024
In the world of science fiction, we have seen many bizarre principles being used in the real world
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Many of us have also considered what it would be like to travel at the speed of light
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If possible, it will allow us to soar through the boundaries of time and space and experience the universe in ultimate speed
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Albert Einstein's theory of relativity says if an object could reach the speed of light, it would become infinitely massive
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So, it's theoretically impossible to move at nearly 3 lakh kilometres per second
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But let's assume it is possible and see what would happen if humans could indeed travel at that speed
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A person travelling at such a speed would experience time dilation, a fascinating phenomenon
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In other words, time would seem to slow down for the person traveling at high speed
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At that speed, it would take 16 minutes and 40 seconds for a trip to Mars and back
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However, as a space traveller, you would only experience 8 minutes and 20 seconds
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Similarly, you would travel from our solar system to Alpha Centauri and come back in 8 years and 8 months
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But during this trip, you would have aged only one and a half months
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