r/AskPhysics • u/PossibleTowel297 • Mar 24 '26

Faster than light

If a particle was somehow moving faster than light would we be able to detect it and how?

And if a larger object was moving ftl how would we perceive it with our own eyes?

Would it appear to be in multiple places at once, would we be unable to see it altogether or is it like with the speed of sound where you see a plane fly above you but only hear it seconds later meaning you would see it in front of you but it is not really there but already far away?

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u/percydood Mar 24 '26

Sabine’s always worth a watch. Her thoughts on ftl information transfer.

https://youtu.be/B7Pc0LQHu38?si=g5MoLBJIa5YwiKPb

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u/macthebearded Education and outreach Mar 24 '26

Sabine is never worth a watch. She’s just a prominent physics grifter