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Albert Cardona<p>Can you imagine life if the speed of light was a mere 3 km/s instead of 300,000.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a></p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>Could <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Tachyons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tachyons</span></a> Exist? Breaking the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a> </p><p>❛❛&nbsp;a popular notion floated around by proponents of Tachyons is that Tachyons could be used to transmit <a href="https://me.dm/tags/signals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signals</span></a> back in time, which opens up the door to some interesting <a href="https://me.dm/tags/paradoxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paradoxes</span></a>.&nbsp;❜❜ </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1a9zXyswc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1a9zXysw</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a> 2023 May 21 <br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Feinberg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Fein</span><span class="invisible">berg</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Timelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timelessness</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/tachyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tachyon</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/particle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particle</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/spacetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacetime</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a></p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>Colorful critters teach some basics of time travel <a href="https://me.dm/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> in this 11-min <a href="https://me.dm/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> (with ads). One concept not widely illustrated elsewhere is that everything is moving at the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a> within the 4 dimensions of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SpaceTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTime</span></a>. As we move faster through <a href="https://me.dm/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>, our time slows down proportionally (relatively?) If we <a href="https://me.dm/tags/stop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stop</span></a>, our time speeds up to maintain the constant <a href="https://me.dm/tags/velocity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velocity</span></a>. </p><p> 🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxxi5XAm3U" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=dBxxi5XAm3</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Timelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timelessness</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/retrograde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrograde</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a></p>
Queer Sci Fi<p>WRITER FUEL: There's nothing faster than the speed of light. So, what would happen if a human managed to move at this universal speed limit?</p><p><a href="https://www.limfic.com/2024/03/08/writer-fuel-what-would-happen-if-you-moved-at-the-speed-of-light/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">limfic.com/2024/03/08/writer-f</span><span class="invisible">uel-what-would-happen-if-you-moved-at-the-speed-of-light/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/LimFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LimFic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/LiminalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiminalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/WriterFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WriterFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/StoryIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoryIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/SpeedofLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedofLight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/FTL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/FasterThanLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FasterThanLight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/SpaceTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTravel</span></a></p>
Rob C<p>The video I'm trying to watch is this one by the Slo Mo guys. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/speedoflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedoflight</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/7Ys_yKGNFRQ?si=QONvzWPIfufMerQY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/7Ys_yKGNFRQ?si=QONvzW</span><span class="invisible">PIfufMerQY</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"Every frame seems to be ten picoseconds."</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ys_yKGNFRQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7Ys_yKGNFR</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/SlowMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowMotion</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TheSlowMoGuys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSlowMoGuys</span></a></p>
BBC Radio 4<p>⚛ We've had relativity, the physics of time, genius, the speed of light, the Grand Unified Theory, photons, black holes, quantum physics - but this is the first time Melvyn Bragg and his experts have considered Albert Einstein himself.</p><p>About time, you might say.</p><p>In Our Time, on BBC Sounds.</p><p><a href="https://bbc.in/3PqPX5K" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bbc.in/3PqPX5K</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.bbc/tags/AlbertEinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertEinstein</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/TheoreticalPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheoreticalPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/SpaceTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTime</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/genius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genius</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://social.bbc/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a></p>
C.L. Irwin :verified:<p>HINT: E=hcλE=hcλ 🤣 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speedoflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedoflight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lightspeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lightspeed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a></p>
C.L. Irwin :verified:<p>One of these things ISN'T true about the speed of light. Let's see if you can pick which one it is WITHOUT cheating (i.e., googling, etc.). I'll reveal the correct answer ONLY if 10 or more ppl answer the poll.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speedoflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedoflight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lightspeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lightspeed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astronony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronony</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relativity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a></p>
tomsharp<p>1676: Ole Rømer calculated the speed of light from discrepancies for the eclipses of Jupiter’s moon Io. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SpeedofLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedofLight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/R%C3%B8mer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rømer</span></a> (<a href="https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1676.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien</span><span class="invisible">ce/items/p1676.html</span></a>)</p>
Pustam | पुस्तम | পুস্তম🇳🇵<p>How do Maxwell's equations predict that the speed of light is constant?🤔 (photo credit: Fermat's Library)</p><p>Maxwell's equations, a set of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs), describe the behaviour of electric and magnetic fields and predict that the speed of light is constant in all reference frames, which is a fundamental principle of the theory of relativity. <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Electromagnetism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electromagnetism</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Relativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Relativity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SpeedOfLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeedOfLight</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LightSpeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightSpeed</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Light</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ElectricField" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricField</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MagneticField" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagneticField</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PDEs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDEs</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Maxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maxwell</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CoupledPDEs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoupledPDEs</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Scientists Propose New, Faster Method of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Interstellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interstellar</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> Travel. Mission would harness shifting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solarwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarwind</span></a> from Sun in order to accelerate <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> to 2% of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/speedoflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speedoflight</span></a> within 2yrs, allowing it to soar into vast expanse beyond our <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarsystem</span></a>. <a href="https://bit.ly/3he5SqW" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3he5SqW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>