When it comes to space, we have a problem with our human desire to go everywhere and see everything. A huge problem. It’s space. It’s far too vast. Even at the maximum speed permitted by the Universe, it would take … Read More
Here’s a question… how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? This may appear to be an odd question, but consider it. The sun travels at the speed of light. Photons emitted from the Sun’s surface must traverse the … Read More
For the first time, scientists have managed to capture the dual natures of light – particle and wave – in a single electron microscope image. Until now, scientists could only capture an image of light as a particle or a … Read More
For the first time, scientists observed a star being swallowed up by a black hole, and then watched as some of the star’s matter was ejected back out as a flare of plasma moving at nearly the speed of light … Read More
LIGHT IS FAST. In fact, it is the fastest thing that exists, and it is a universal law that nothing can move faster than light. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second), and it takes just … Read More
The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second) If you could travel at the speed of light, you could go around the Earth 7.5 times in one second. Thanks to the work … Read More