Tachyon

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A tachyon is a particle that is moving faster than the speed of light. Tachyons are currently only theoretical, and many scientists believe that they could not exist based on our understanding of the physics in this universe.

The Main Idea

Tachyons always move faster than the speed of light, while its complements, luxons, always move at the speed of light (ex. photon), and bradyons, which always are moving slower than light. Both of these complement's exist, while tachyons are still only hypothetical.


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