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Why isn't anything FASTER than Light ?

     B18_Why can't we go faster than light?            Alright, Alright, Alright. _________________________ While driving,there's a speed limit, you can't go faster than that, technically you can go faster , but you won't.      Well there's a universal speed limit which can never be broken. Absolutely nothing in this whole universe can go faster than that , The speed of light 299,792,458 m/s. Here's why... PHOTONS ARE MASSLESS     Photo Courtesy: The Great Courses Daily     Photons(carriers of electromagnetism) and gluons (carriers of strong force) are the only two particles that have no mass , and therefore travel at the ultimate speed of light.      All other particles have some mass , hence can't be accelerated anywhere near light. Attaining lightspeed is like pushing a trolley   Consider a situation_ you are pushing a trolley and wish to take it's speed to lightspeed , but there's a condition, for every 1m/s² of accelerat