• Question: Something is said to have been faster than light - does this make time travel possible?

    Asked by pasha3 to Indi, Jarv, John, Ken, Vicky on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: John Prytherch

      John Prytherch answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I guess you are referring to the recent news from the particle accelerator at CERN, where some scientists thought they had measured a neutrino (a very small, almost massless particle) moving faster than light. They have now realised that this was a mistake (caused in part by a loose wire!). So we still think that nothing can go faster than light.
      If something could go faster than light, we would need to rethink a lot of physics. I’m not sure if this would make time travel possible, maybe Jarvist can provide more info?

    • Photo: Vicky Young

      Vicky Young answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I don’t know much about time travel BUT we never thought we could go to the moon or transplant a heart or even fly!

      Nothing is ever impossible, we just haven’t found a way to do it yet!

      Jarvis could help with the details I’m sure :o)

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      Ken Dutton-Regester answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      A nice article on the matter if you haven’t seen it:

      http://www.nature.com/news/neutrinos-not-faster-than-light-1.10249

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