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rmshepherd
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I'm trying to get my head around an idea that i had and i was wondering if you people here could clarify for me i am sure some of my basic assumptions are wrong so here goes
1 objects cannot go faster than the speed of light, it take more and more energy to accelerate an object as it approaches the speed of light
2 the energy that has been put into the moving body increases its mass
if these assumptions are correct what happens if 2 object are moving toward each other at very close to the speed of light wouldn't they have a very powerful gravitational field as the objects fall into each others gravity shouldn't they accelerate?
if they do there mass would increase again which in turn would increase the gravitational attraction but then if the mass increases where did that energy actually come from
my brain usually bsods not long after this thought
1 objects cannot go faster than the speed of light, it take more and more energy to accelerate an object as it approaches the speed of light
2 the energy that has been put into the moving body increases its mass
if these assumptions are correct what happens if 2 object are moving toward each other at very close to the speed of light wouldn't they have a very powerful gravitational field as the objects fall into each others gravity shouldn't they accelerate?
if they do there mass would increase again which in turn would increase the gravitational attraction but then if the mass increases where did that energy actually come from
my brain usually bsods not long after this thought