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Earlier today a friend and myself were having a discussion about a vehicle going the speed of light and what it would look like if someone was to witness this event happen. (The discussion started because we were watching Star Wars)
First off my understanding of an object reaching the speed of light is that it can reach "almost light speed" but never actually break the light speed barrier. Now let's say that an object like a car somehow manages to break the 299,792,458 m/s Universal speed limit. If you were watching the car as it hit light speed what would you see? My thoughts are that from behind the car light can't catch up to it to reflect back at you so it becomes invisible. From the side there may be an instant where light hits the car from a forward angle then reflects back to you, causing you to see the side of the car as if it was in front of you when really it's passed you. Finally from the front, with light being able to hit the car but never reflect back quick enough to be seen does the front of the car become a black hole?
My friend and I are quite curious as to what other, more intelligent people have to say on this subject.
First off my understanding of an object reaching the speed of light is that it can reach "almost light speed" but never actually break the light speed barrier. Now let's say that an object like a car somehow manages to break the 299,792,458 m/s Universal speed limit. If you were watching the car as it hit light speed what would you see? My thoughts are that from behind the car light can't catch up to it to reflect back at you so it becomes invisible. From the side there may be an instant where light hits the car from a forward angle then reflects back to you, causing you to see the side of the car as if it was in front of you when really it's passed you. Finally from the front, with light being able to hit the car but never reflect back quick enough to be seen does the front of the car become a black hole?
My friend and I are quite curious as to what other, more intelligent people have to say on this subject.