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Tag Archives: speedoflight
The Speed of Light
Growing up I had frequently heard the phrase “Faster than the speed of light” but until now, I had no idea what that truly meant. Prior to this class, all I knew was that faster than the speed of light meant FAST, and that all human travel was slow in comparison. In fact, according to… Continue reading The Speed of Light
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The Universal Speed Limit
What if your car was MUCH faster than it is now?
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Traveling at the Speed of Light
Traveling at the speed of light is entirely impossible in this present day and age, and the question of whether or not we will be able to travel at such a high speed or faster is still unanswerable. The speed of light sets the speed limit for the universe, so that should mean that light…
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Blog 1: Time travel
Last winter break, I saw Interstellar. While various aspects of the movie interested me, the thing that especially stood out was the focus on time and the complexities it holds. Although Interstellar clearly wasn’t completely accurate in its science, it still brought up different aspects of space travel that are legitimate. In my opinion, the […]
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Blog 1: Time travel
Last winter break, I saw Interstellar. While various aspects of the movie interested me, the thing that especially stood out was the focus on time and the complexities it holds. Although Interstellar clearly wasn’t completely accurate in its science, it still brought up different aspects of space travel that are legitimate. In my opinion, the […] Continue reading
The Universal Speed Limit
According to the Special Theory of Relativity, the speed at which light travels is the same in all reference frames. In other words, you will always observe that light will travel at 2.99*10^8 m/s, regardless of how fast you’re going. At first, one might think that this number is so high that it would make little […]
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Light Travel: The “New” Hyperspace
We’ve read it in our beloved science fiction books. Superheroes and intelligent beings from other worlds harness massive amounts of energy and cross through different dimensions – traveling faster than the speed of light. It’s the kind of thing space-obsessed kids (and adults, alike) dream about. We dedicate movies, like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” directed […]
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Consequences of a Constant Speed of Light
I find it fascinating that what we see in the night sky is an image from the past. Since nothing moves faster than the speed of light it is impossible to know what is going on at this exact moment on places other than the Earth and the Moon. Hypothetically, the Sun could suddenly explode […]
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Consequences of a Constant Speed of Light
I find it fascinating that what we see in the night sky is an image from the past. Since nothing moves faster than the speed of light it is impossible to know what is going on at this exact moment on places other than the Earth and the Moon. Hypothetically, the Sun could suddenly explode […] Continue reading
Scottish Scientists Slow Down Light :O
Although the speed of light has been taught to be a constant value in a vacuum setting like the universe, however a team of Scottish scientists have valid proof that this might not always be the case. The Scottish researchers from the University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University made this amazing discovery by firing two […]
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