Sentences with phrase «speed of light»

And since we know (among other things) the exact speed of light in our atmosphere, we can calculate how distant the plane is.

Although the measured speed of light has decreased only about 1 % during the past three centuries, the decrease is statistically significant, because measurement techniques can detect changes thousands of times smaller.

The finite speed of light means that the further away a cosmic object is, the longer its light takes to reach us.

One such law of physics was the recently discovered speed of light.

Look what happened to cold fusion or the recent speed of light debacle.

Because intuition is actually logic at speed of light.

In either case, a 1 second delay or a 1 second call auction session would level the playing field in terms of speed of light (and might reduce data center rates in Brooklyn).

Within the ergosphere, the black hole's rotation drags space - time along with it and everything is forced to move in the same direction at nearly speed of light.

In thinking about particle and anti-particles, I can envision such a thing being possible at the central core of a black hole giving rise to said jet streams reaching near speed of light velocities.

But Superheroes have all sorts of choice... Instead of destruction and loud, livid voices they burn angry steam off with speed of light hiking or super-Xtreme outer space mountain biking.

Now physicists use speed of light as constant.

Faccio and his colleagues created the event horizons in a two - centimeter - long section of fused silica glass, a medium in which intense laser pulses can locally perturb the refractive index, or speed of light passing through the material.

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts presents Speed of Light Machine an exhibition on view Sep 2, 2011 — Dec 4, 2011.

Body of work: His «doubly special relativity» posits that the supposedly constant speed of light actually depends on its wavelength and that space has a minimum distance.

By scattering light, the material slows down the effective propagation speed of the light waves through the medium.

@Be not deceived, There do appear to be some physical absolutes, e.g. speed of light, absolute zero, etc. and some logical absolutes, e.g. laws of identi.ty and non-contradiction, but those do not equate to moral absolutes.

The observations supported a 25 - year - old conjecture that neutron star mergers produce short gamma - ray bursts, and confirmed that gravitational waves travel at the same speed of light, ruling out some speculative alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity and general relativity.

Robot's speed of light communication could protect you from danger.»

DaFeng Gallery, Beijing, James Rosenquist: Speed of Light Lithograph Series, Sept. 12 — Nov. 8.

Installation view of works from «The Hole in the Wallpaper» series (works stationary) and «Speed of Light Illustrated» (2008) Acquavella Galleries, 2010

Because of the high speed of light, it is necessary that the instant of signal transmission at the satellite and the instant of signal reception at the receivers antenna be accurately registered in order for the distance and, consequently, the position calculation to be accurate.

(The finite speed of light means that larger physical distances translate to greater distances in time, or look - back times.)

«In diffuse media, in which light is scattered several times, however, the effective speed of light is reduced.

One last thing for your viewing & mathematical pleasure; on youtube: «Speed of Light MIRACLE (Very Shocking...)»

A photon does not pass through time at all: Traveling at the full speed of light, it experiences being everywhere in the universe all at once.

When charged particles break the local speed of light, the result is a strangely beautiful blue glow called Cerenkov radiation — the visual equivalent of a sonic boom.

The experience of seeing a lightning bolt before hearing its associated thunder some seconds later provides a fairly obvious example of the differential speeds of light and sound.

A common idea is to use «clocks» with known rates (such as pulsars, rotating neutron stars which periodically emit radio pulses), look what a changing speed of light predicts for observations of these rates, and compare these predictions with the real data.

It has departed from the scientific method and its principles, and drifted into the bizarre; it has raised imaginative invention to an art form; and has shown a ready willingness to surrender or ignore fundamental laws, such as the second law of thermodynamics and the maximum speed of light, all for the apparent rationale of saving the status quo.

as he lowered his dark sunglasses, Do you not zink zat zee speed of light is very fast?.

For Cocker enthusiasts, the Black Cocker Spaniel, Grant, aka GCHS CH Clerwood Silhouette Speed of Light, took Best of Variety in the Black Cocker Spaniel category this year at Westminster.

Please note: you also gain entry for the Terence Donovan: Speed of Light exhibition with the same ticket.

For the first time since its inception, the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival will extend to include the Jehangir Art Gallery, taking over its Auditorium and the Hirji Gallery with a showcase titled Speed of Light.

The Constant Speed of Light features a series of large - scale, collage - based prints on aluminum and fabric.

Everything happens here at Speed of Light.

Yet, while science fiction films often portray time as one of a host of fantastic travel op - tions for the future, Russell's Speed of Light Machine ultimately transports us back down to Earth, where he would seemingly suggest we might be hitting a wall of illumination derived from a high - speed web connection.

Five different speeds from Relaxed to Speed of Light mean this game is suitable for both casual and hard - core gamers.

Powers, Austin M. James Rosenquist: Speed of Light Lithograph Series.

Installation view of works from «The Hole in the Wallpaper» series (works spinning) and «Speed of Light Illustrated» (2008) Acquavella Galleries, 2010