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by Prince Vegeta on April 10th, 2006

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Following Einstein's theory of relativity, can we travel back in time if we managed to travel faster than light?

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  • by nfntjy on February 19th, 2007

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    You would travel forward in time at the speed of light (or lower, see below). To travel backward in time would likely require use of a wormhole or black hole, and, of course, you could not travel back further than the time that the vehicle (the wormhole, a time maching, a DeLorean) you rode on was created. Physics also theoretically allows for time travel to the past using speeds faster than the speed of light. For more info, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Time_travel_to_the_past_in_physics

    You can actually travel forward in time (relative to someone on Earth) at any speed. SEE: Time Dilation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation )

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    • It has nothing to do with you answer, but "Roll Tide"...sorry, I had to

      hardtograsp

      by hardtograsp on February 18th, 2008

    • ahaan...
      its sure if u travel faster than light u'll end up seeing past not future.....

      VatsalSharma

      by VatsalSharma on January 21st, 2010

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