Topic: SCIENCE - on September 30, 2003 at 12:15:02 PM CEST
Measure The Speed of Light With Chocolate and A Microwave
Nothing travels faster than light - it only takes 8 minutes for it to reach the Earth from the nearest star, the Sun, which is 150 million kilometers away. This means that when you see the sun (remember not look directly at the sun), you’re really seeing light that left the sun 8 minutes ago – you’re seeing the sun as it was, and where it was, 8 minutes earlier.
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