Is it possible to make one particle have a velocity same with speed of light

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is it possible to make one particle move with the same velocity with the speed of light ( c ) ?
 
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certainly ... photons do just that as do ANY particles that have no mass.

For particles with mass, no. Nothing with mass can be made to go at c.
 

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