Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Moving Faster Than the Speed of Light


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Vsause explores how shadows may appear to travel faster than the speed of light in this YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTvcpdfGUtQ&t=165s

I've had discussions with other people who didn't think it was possible for the shadow to move faster than the speed of light, c. Now I have some back-up material to explain. The key is that although the image appears to be moving faster than c, there is not a physical object moving faster than c, nor is information being transmitted faster than c.

See another post in this blog about a very fast space vehicle: https://jamesmacmath.blogspot.com/2024/01/fast-space-travel.html

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