Speed of Light and Black holes

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if it were possible for an object to reach the speed of light it would reach an infinite mass, so would that create an "infinite" black hole sucking in the whole universe, or something to that effect?
 
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It doesn't matter, because you can't make an object go the speed of light, so any effects it would cause don't matter. :)
 
quantum123 said:
if it were possible for an object to reach the speed of light it would reach an infinite mass, so would that create an "infinite" black hole sucking in the whole universe, or something to that effect?

A similar question has been discussed in an earlier thread https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=177321

Eugene.