𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 hours agoWhy would'nt this work?imagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1267file-text
arrow-up1267imageWhy would'nt this work?𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours 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-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoRelativistic mass is not helpful to our everyday understanding of mass, it’s more helpful to discuss momentum, like the other commenter pointed out
minus-squarecarzian@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoPhotons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.
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.
Relativistic mass is not helpful to our everyday understanding of mass, it’s more helpful to discuss momentum, like the other commenter pointed out
Photons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.