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If we keep on applying force on a material object, can it gain speed of light?

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Xelga [282]3 years ago

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Answer:

As an object moves faster, its mass increases. ... Because masses approach infinity with increasing speed, it is impossible to accelerate a material object to (or past) the speed of light. To do so would require an infinite force.

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