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I can whistle at the speed of sound (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, any other non-c speed really.

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Actually, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but light travels slower through a medium, like air. So lasers shot through air will actually travel slower than c.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

(For anyone curious, the speed of light in earth air is like 99.97% as fast as in vacuum)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bunch of nerds in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're in science_memes what did you expected?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hot science girls

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

In your area

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

exactly where they should be.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Ya, but that's JUST slow enough to be able to see it.

[–] DannyBoy 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's going to be space lasers.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you know what the religious affiliation of these space lasers will be?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have a lot of chutzpah to ask such a question. Oy! What would your mother say?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

“You’re so skinny why are you not eating”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Flying Spaghetti Monster

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A laser strong enough to be used as a weapon will probably not leave a lot of medium on its path.

But the front-most part will still travel at less than c. It will just speed-up after a while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm curious. What happens to the medium? Does it simply get pushed aside? Or pushed along? Or will it eat up some energy and react to something else?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Much like lightning, a powerful enough laser will ionize the air. That ionized air is hot and rises, just like the ionized gasses from combustion.

A powerful laser will look like a beam of fire.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would be especially interested in speeds larger than c 🙂

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)