{"id":193021,"date":"2024-07-16T03:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/how-faster-than-light-tachyons-fit-into-the-special-theory-of-relativity"},"modified":"2024-07-16T03:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:24:25","slug":"how-faster-than-light-tachyons-fit-into-the-special-theory-of-relativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/how-faster-than-light-tachyons-fit-into-the-special-theory-of-relativity","title":{"rendered":"How faster-than-light \u2018tachyons\u2019 fit into the special theory of relativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-faster-than-light-tachyons-fit-into-the-special-theory-of-relativity.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the world of physics, the idea of particles moving faster than light has always been a bit of a wild card. These particles, known as tachyons, have stirred up debates and skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>However, a recent study published in <em>Physical Review D<\/em> has shaken up our understanding of these enigmatic particles.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, tachyons were considered more of a theoretical oddity than a scientific possibility. They seemed to conflict with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/cosmic-glitch-in-gravity-expands-the-theory-of-general-relativity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">special theory of relativity<\/a>, which has been a cornerstone of modern physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of physics, the idea of particles moving faster than light has always been a bit of a wild card. These particles, known as tachyons, have stirred up debates and skepticism. However, a recent study published in Physical Review D has shaken up our understanding of these enigmatic particles. For a long time, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}