In the early 1900s, scientists still held firmly to the Newtonian view of the world. Then Albert Einstein came along and changed everything with his theory of relativity. He put forth a startling idea—there is no preferred frame of reference; everything, even time, is relative.
When we talk about lightspeed, we are referring to the speed or rate at which light travels in a perfect vacuum. Accordingly, lightspeed in this medium is a constant and is estimated to have a value of 186,000 miles per second.
The world is really a mathematical model, made up of myriads of complex equations. By means of Physics, we can derive the inherent formulas that define this space where matter exists. Einstein's relativity theory invariably deduces that nothing in this material world can travel faster than light.
What this means is, no object in this dimension that we exist in can be faster than light. Ponder carefully over this sentence and you will realize that its premise rests on the word 'object'. In other words, any 'non-object' or 'non-matter' has the potential to move beyond the framework of relativity and surpass the speed of light.
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