why does light go so fast?
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The speed of light is a bit of a misnomer, as it implies that only light travels at that speed. It is much closer to a “speed of causality”, the maximum speed at which anything can occur. It is the upper speed limit that binds all forces. Any particle that has no mass, such as the photon and the gluon, will necessarily travel at the speed of light of its medium. Additionally gravitational wave, radio waves, x-rays, and other waves of the electromagnetic spectra travel at this speed.
Anything that has mass can not travel at or faster than the speed of light as doing so would require infinite energy. /
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