Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Light Speed
The speed of light is a scientific law of the universe discovered by many scientists. It was not always something excepted by scientist and in fact before the 17th century most scientists thought that light could travel infinitely in no time at all. Throughout the years scientist have discovered that light travels at a constant speed (299,792,458 meters per second) and is used to measure distance in space. Theoretical Physicist and other science believe that nothing can travel faster than light but this leads to one question . . . the neutrino that traveled faster than light. Neutrinos are nearly massless particles. In an experiment done by the OPERA team results showed that the neutrino traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than light and if the results of this experiment are proven true this could change all that we know about cause-and-effect relationships.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/110923-neutrinos-speed-of-light-particles-cern-physics-einstein-science/

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