Can You Catch a Bullet?

Ever wonder if you could catch a bullet if you were traveling the same speed as it?

It sounds like it might work, because if two things move at the same speed,

they don’t seem to move relative to each other. But it would still be dangerous.

A bullet carries a lot of energy because it moves extremely fast. That energy does

not disappear just because you are moving with it. To catch the bullet, you would have to

stop it. Stopping it means its energy and momentum have to go somewhere. That energy would

transfer into your hand in a very short amount of time. When a lot of energy is transferred quickly,

it causes serious damage. Bullets also spin as they travel. This spinning motion