Scientists discover particles which exceed the speed of light!

[MKR&*42]

Yeah so..

Today, it was announced that scientists have discovered particles which exceeded the speed of light, by a billionth of a second.

Here's a news articles on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484

And there's also a news article for it on Habbox > Real life news..

I'm still in shock, can't believe science has made so much progress, that they've managed to defy their own "laws of physics" (I think the speed of light is in there?). If these results really are 100% accurate, this could possibly change the future of physics :L

And for religious people - it shows science isn't always right ( I'm not starting a debate on that though -.- )


-- Sorry if there's already a thread posted on this.

[Wig44.]

I'm very skeptical, months of analysis are needed before something as huge as this is declared canon. The speed of light being unsurpassable is a foundation for modern physics.

inb4 quantum entanglement...

[Richie]

I always believe anything is possible. Something being able to travel faster than light is amazing, I didn't read the article but if such things like this are possible so may time travel.

[MKR&*42]

I'm very skeptical, months of analysis are needed before something as huge as this is declared canon. The speed of light being unsurpassable is a foundation for modern physics.

inb4 quantum entanglement...

In that article it does state: The team measured the travel times of neutrino bunches some 15,000 times and I swear I read in it somewhere, they've been testing it for 3 years, before releasing the results for people to criticize.

And yes, if it has broken the speed of light, modern day physics could be completely wrong :L

[Wig44.]

In that article it does state: The team measured the travel times of neutrino bunches some 15,000 times and I swear I read in it somewhere, they've been testing it for 3 years, before releasing the results for people to criticize.

And yes, if it has broken the speed of light, modern day physics could be completely wrong :L

People from outside the team are more likely to find errors than the team who completed the tests. It's the same in every field. Even if these neutrinos have travelled faster than light I doubt this will make the standard model obsolete, neutrinos will be part of a new field of study that will try and unify them with the rest of discovered matter (which so far has been found to not excel light speed).

[MKR&*42]

People from outside the team are more likely to find errors than the team who completed the tests. It's the same in every field. Even if these neutrinos have travelled faster than light I doubt this will make the standard model obsolete, neutrinos will be part of a new field of study that will try and unify them with the rest of discovered matter (which so far has been found to not excel light speed).

I think that's why the team finally released the results, for other scientists to scrutinize over and eventually reach a conclusion. Also, my friend (who's a bit smart xL) pointed out that because they were subatomic particles - they had literally no mass and wouldn't actually count for bypassing the speed of light, so it could actually be debatable whether it would affect modern day physics if the results are found out to be accurate.

[DPS]

When you travel the speed of light, the world stops ;]

[myke]

science confuses me. i just go by the idea that buzz lightyear could fly to infinity and beyond.

jkes but it is really confusing...

[N!ck]

They haven't just discovered particles which exceed the speed of light. Neutrinos were discovered many years ago.

It's just this experiment that appears to show that they may travel faster then light, and in all likelihood when verified by another lab I believe some sort of error will be evident.

[MKR&*42]

They haven't just discovered particles which exceed the speed of light. Neutrinos were discovered many years ago.

Ok, maybe I phrased my words wrong, I was meant to say they have managed, possibly, to 'get' a particle to go faster than the speed of light. I am aware Neutrinos were discovered several years ago.