Time and the Speed of Light

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Time and the Speed of Light

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RE: Time and the Speed of Light

April 25, 2014 at 4:01 am

Yes, on a frame of reference that's moving at the speed of light, time does not advance.
But time advances on any frame of reference that doesn't move at the speed of light.
And, since this speed is finite, we can measure an age, or the time that photons take to go from point A to point B.

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Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 24, 2014 at 11:32 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by pocaracas - April 25, 2014 at 4:01 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 1:49 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Heywood - April 25, 2014 at 2:10 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 2:13 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Heywood - April 25, 2014 at 2:25 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2014 at 2:42 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 4:24 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Jackalope - April 25, 2014 at 5:06 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 6:07 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Heywood - April 25, 2014 at 6:23 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2014 at 6:28 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Heywood - April 25, 2014 at 6:46 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by vorlon13 - April 25, 2014 at 5:31 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by pocaracas - April 25, 2014 at 6:39 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Jackalope - April 25, 2014 at 6:44 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 6:45 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2014 at 6:51 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 25, 2014 at 6:56 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2014 at 7:44 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 26, 2014 at 9:21 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by KUSA - April 25, 2014 at 7:50 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by archangle - April 25, 2014 at 8:05 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by archangle - April 25, 2014 at 8:01 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 25, 2014 at 8:03 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by KUSA - April 25, 2014 at 9:55 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by MindForgedManacle - April 27, 2014 at 12:00 am

Re: RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by KUSA - April 27, 2014 at 1:45 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 27, 2014 at 10:45 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by MindForgedManacle - April 27, 2014 at 11:57 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 27, 2014 at 2:19 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by psychoslice - April 27, 2014 at 3:17 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Wyrd of Gawd - April 28, 2014 at 3:11 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Silver - April 28, 2014 at 3:12 am

Re: RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by KUSA - April 28, 2014 at 7:22 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 28, 2014 at 11:31 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by FreeTony - April 28, 2014 at 7:55 am

Re: RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by KUSA - April 28, 2014 at 11:46 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Anomalocaris - April 28, 2014 at 12:06 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by Mudhammam - April 30, 2014 at 9:33 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by little_monkey - April 30, 2014 at 11:06 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by MindForgedManacle - April 28, 2014 at 11:49 am

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by ManMachine - April 28, 2014 at 12:03 pm

RE: Time and the Speed of Light - by pocaracas - April 28, 2014 at 1:33 pm

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