now i learned about light last week in school i am in the ninth grade and i am wandering because my teacher said that photons have no mass they are energy or something and he also talked about lots of other properties of light like the electromagnetic spectrum just basics but i was wondering if i could shine a light on something and end up moving it.
every action has an equal and oppisite reaction newtons 3rd law i think so if i shine a light on u the light has so little mass that it hits u and than bounces off without moving u but if i had a powerful enough light could i shoot it and maybe move like the head of a pin if it were like a few thousand atoms thick???
i asked my dad something about this and he said it is like throwing paper balls at a lead bowling ball on a string so i am realy just asking 2 questions DO PHOTONS HAVE MASS AND CAN I MOVE SOMETHING WITH LIGHT no practical use just the satisfaction of my curiosity and preservation of my sanity.
thx