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Can you outrun a flash of light?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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You Can Never Go Faster Than the Speed of Light

You can never reach the speed of light because you have mass. But if you're getting faster and faster every second, then you can avoid that photon ever hitting your back. You need constant acceleration to make this work. And you don't need to be able to go faster than the speed of light. It is not some trick where you always add the same amount of speed per second.

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