Have any known experiments ruled out travelling faster than the speed of light? Or is this just a widely accepted theory?

June Mejia

June Mejia

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2022-08-12

Have any known experiments ruled out travelling faster than the speed of light? Or is this just a widely accepted theory?

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merneh7

merneh7

Beginner2022-08-13Added 13 answers

This needs to be emphasized :
No theory, and Special Relativity that is used in physics to describe data is a theory, can be proven, in the way a mathematical theory can be proven with a QED at the end.Theories can only be validated by the agreement with the data on the predictions they make.
That is why the OPERA faster than light neutrinos (wrong) observation gripped our attention.
Even one falsification of a theory's predictions invalidates a theory and a new axiomatic formulation, a new theory, would have to be found .
There has been no falsification by experiment of special relativity.
That is the difference between physics and mathematics.
kaeisky9u

kaeisky9u

Beginner2022-08-14Added 4 answers

Yes, there is definitive, mathematical proof within the framework of general relativity that a mass cannot be accelerated to or beyond the speed of light...assuming relativity is correct and complete.
The next question is "Is relativity a correct and complete description of the universe?" No, it isn't. But it's pretty good, and it doesn't look like we're going to find a way around that particular speed limit.

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