some sub atomic exotic particles have been known to travel faster than light your comments?

JK says:

This is a very MISLEADING statement. So listen carefully.

Yes they CAN travel faster than light… BUT, they can NEVER travel faster than THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN A VACUUM.

Sorry for shouting lol. Ok so, it’s basically because light slows down in certain media, for example light travels at a different speed through glass than it does through air.

So, if we have a certain medium that drastically slows down light then it is possible to make certain particles basically (beat the light in a race) because those particles don’t slow down as much as the light does.

But keep in mind that the constant "c" (speed of light IN A VACUUM) is still the universal speed limit, nothing can travel faster than that. not even information.

Also, an interesting note: when a particle is made to go faster that light does in a certain media, we observe an effect known as Cerenkov radiation, which appears as a visible blue light at the front of the particle.