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Old 26-09-2007, 07:47 AM
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Re: Does Space really go on forever?

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Originally Posted by Tormentil View Post
2. If the speed of light is 186,282 miles per second, what's the speed of dark ?
Well as in any material rather than a vacuum there will be the phenomenon of dispersion (the same phenomenon which gives rise to spectra in a prism). Then the dispersion is a function of wavelength and so the speed of light in a medium is a function of its frequency and thus energy. So by that measure as 'dark' is presumably lower energy than light then yes it will have a different speed.
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