2006-07-14 20:12:42 · 12 answers · asked by illproducers 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
This, I presume, is an attempt at one of those "zen" questions along the lines of "If a tree falls in the forest but nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" but fails miserably.
Just as we know, scientifically, that heat is transfered from hot to cold (not cold to hot), we know that darkness does not overtake the light, rather the light just ceases to exist.
Therefore it can have no speed, but the speed of light leaving the space will be the constant "c", the speed of light; 299,792,458 m/s
2006-07-14 20:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by tcope5 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
In a given space which is all illuminated, when light is turned off light will contract at the speed of light, hence make room for dark (=no light) at the speed of light.
So, the speed of dark is the speed of light...
2006-07-15 03:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by dan m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark has no speed because technically, dark does not exist. Dark is the term we use for the absence of light.
2006-07-15 03:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by AnswerP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as speed of light.
2006-07-15 03:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And speaking of dark...those aren't light bulbs in your house. They are dark suckers. They suck all the dark out of a room.
2006-07-15 03:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked that very thing in a physics class one time. The professor never did give me an answer. Come to think of it, he didn't speak to me for the next two class periods.
2006-07-15 03:18:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The title of a book, by Elizabeth Moon.
2006-07-15 03:17:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since black holes are so dense that they 'capture' all light, does that mean they are faster than the speed of light?
2006-07-15 14:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has no speed...it doesn't exist. darkness is the abscence of light.
2006-07-15 03:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by chloe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-15 08:23:16 · answer #10 · answered by bite my shiny metal a** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋