On one hand, the speed of light is just a number: 299,792,458 meters per second. And on the other, it’s one of the most important constants that appears in nature and defines the relationship of ...
(via PBS Space Time) One of the most fundamental physics facts is that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers. But can we really be sure that the speed of light wasn’t different ...
In 1887 one of the most important experiments in the history of physics took place. American scientists Michelson and Morley failed to measure the speed of the Earth by comparing the speed of light in ...