Here's why:
* Energy and Mass: According to Einstein, energy and mass are equivalent (E=mc²). As an object approaches the speed of light, its mass increases infinitely.
* Infinite Energy: To accelerate an object with mass to the speed of light, you would need an infinite amount of energy, which is impossible.
Things that travel at the speed of light:
* Light itself: Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, and it doesn't have mass. This is why it can travel at the speed of light.
* Other massless particles: Other massless particles like gluons (which hold quarks together within protons and neutrons) and gravitons (hypothetical particles that mediate gravity) also travel at the speed of light.
Things that can approach the speed of light:
* Some particles in particle accelerators: In particle accelerators, like the Large Hadron Collider, particles can be accelerated to speeds very close to the speed of light. However, they never actually reach it.
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