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speed of light

  1. Dale

    Creationist Site Flubs Speed of Light

    It seems that creationists are shaky on even the simplest and most well known points of science. Recently, I ran across a creationist site that thought they'd found a way to dethrone the speed of light as a constant of the universe. They cite phys.org but don’t link to any particular article, so...
  2. Radrook

    Time Dilation and the Speed of Light

    Time Dilation The fascinating thing about traveling at close to the speed of light is time dilation-the experiencing of time at a slower rate for those on board than for those remaining back on Earth. For example let’s consider the ratio of Earth time to ship time if we travel at 99% light...
  3. Radrook

    Which of these Three Astronomiocal Facts do you find Most Amazing?

    Which of these three facts do you find the most amazing? 1. Neutron stars are so dense that a can of soup full of neutron star material would have more mass than the Moon and despite of this they can spin up to 500 times per second! 2. The Sun's core releases the the equivalent of 100 billion...