𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1521arrow-down1imageWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.ml𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-text
It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoPhotons don’t have mass, but they do have momentum.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.
How does that work?
Relativistic mass is not helpful to our everyday understanding of mass, it’s more helpful to discuss momentum, like the other commenter pointed out