[jbstrick]

Skeptical? Maybe. I would like to see, once and for all, the results of this experiment validated or not.

Remember all of those in our past who have said "That is impossible!" (The earth is flat, everything circles the earth, man can't fly... I could go on and on)

Here is another Physics brainteaser.

If light consists of particles (photons) AND they travel at the speed of light, wouldn't that mean that the photon's mass is infinite?

[El Sordo]

Unless they are also a wave.

[Future Snake Eater]

If light consists of particles (photons) AND they travel at the speed of light, wouldn't that mean that the photon's mass is infinite?

When you turn on a lamp, are you instantly crushed? No. Therefore, I think the proper theoretical assumption is that photons have zero mass.

Another brainteaser: What kind of mass would a particle travelling faster than light have? For bonus points, what is the name of this theoretical particle?

[El Gato]

If light consists of particles (photons) AND they travel at the speed of light, wouldn't that mean that the photon's mass is infinite

Not if a photons "rest mass" is zero, which it is. Zero times infinity can be pretty much anything. In this case it's the energy of the photon.

[Robear]

Photons do not have rest mass