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If you believe that nothing in the universe has the ability to move faster than light, these physical oddities have beaten photons to a finishing line!
1) Cosmic Inflation
At the very beginning, our universe went through an exponential stretching of space, also known as ‘Inflation’. The stretching was caused by a repulsive force of gravity as the universe doubled in size at least 100 times, from that of a billionth of a photon to the size of a full-grown grapefruit. For this to have happened, space-time must have expanded at many times the speed of light. No physical laws were violated as cosmic speed limit only applies to things that move through space-time, and not to their movement. Nonetheless, the expansion of space is making distant galaxies appear to recede from us at velocities that are several times faster than the speed of light.
‘Tachyon’ is a generic name given to any and all particles that travel faster than the speed of light. It is a hypothetical idea that was given its current name in 1976. If there were a particle that travelled faster than the speed of light, it would violate all laws of physics that are known to mankind. And, if such a particle did exist, it would be able to travel backwards in time, and could never slow down to travel below the speed of light. As fascinating as these tachyons sound, they've never been found.