𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days agoWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1255arrow-down1imageWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.ml𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoI think relativity demonstrates that light does have mass? They might not have “rest mass” but they do have mass! The eclipse experiment proved it, solar sails whilst hypothetical demonstrate it.
minus-squarecarzian@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoPhotons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoRelativistic mass is not helpful to our everyday understanding of mass, it’s more helpful to discuss momentum, like the other commenter pointed out
I think relativity demonstrates that light does have mass?
They might not have “rest mass” but they do have mass!
The eclipse experiment proved it, solar sails whilst hypothetical demonstrate it.
Photons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.
Relativistic mass is not helpful to our everyday understanding of mass, it’s more helpful to discuss momentum, like the other commenter pointed out