Jabberwocky Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 What does light have to do with anything? You've been watching too much Star Trek Light as far as we`re aware is the fastest its possible to travel. May be different on star trek though, I dont watch science fiction, real science is more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Speed of light. If the sun instantly disappeared right this second, it would take 8 minutes for the disruption in space-time to level and thus us to fly off into space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hang on... "Graviton"? Is that a unit of gravity...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It is what the majority of scientists currently assume to be true, in the absence of better hypotheses. Sorry, there's simply not enough evidence to support this and I've never heard any physicist compare gravity to light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Remembering an experiment at all those years ago where my physics teacher put a feather and a stone into a glass container, he sucked out all the air to create a vacuum he showed that the stone and the feather fell at the same speed. On earth the speed of a falling object is terminal velocity, the speed is determined by the drag or air resistance. Black holes and stuff causes me to glaze over and stare at the sky in wonderment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Sorry, there's simply not enough evidence to support this and I've never heard any physicist compare gravity to light. You haven't heard me do so either. Gravitons are not photons, and bear no resemblance to them, except that being massless particles both travel at the same speed. It would, then, be equally accurate to say that light travels at the speed of gravity. (Again, assuming that current hypotheses are correct.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Sorry about that the thread title misled me into thinking you wanted facts or information rather than speculation., my bad. See? Isnt this more interesting than simply going to google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 So if gtravity was suddenly applied somewhere, it would be felt immediately elsewhere. This is absolutely correct. However, I'll still say it's possible that it is some kind of particle / waveform and it could absolutely travel at the speed of light, or observe some other as yet unknown phenomena. I think we'll discover the truth in another 100 years or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 You haven't heard me do so either. Gravitons are not photons, and bear no resemblance to them, except that being massless particles both travel at the same speed. It would, then, be equally accurate to say that light travels at the speed of gravity. (Again, assuming that current hypotheses are correct.) Not if gravity obeys a universe-wide form of interaction. If we're talking particles then I have no problem with that, but what we've seen of gravity, its effects appear to be universal which sets it apart from photons. Then again, the universe does appear to be relatively constant... I'm so mellow, I'm even arguing against myself now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 This is absolutely correct. However, I'll still say it's possible that it is some kind of particle / waveform and it could absolutely travel at the speed of light, or observe some other as yet unknown phenomena. I think we'll discover the truth in another 100 years or so Bugger that! Lets discover it here! Tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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