2006-10-12 08:57:59 · 20 answers · asked by p43x45 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
OMG my parents put that in an ad in my senior year annual.
"Kim-
OK, so what's the speed of dark?!"
It was really funny.
But seriously. Speed requires something to travel, to be displaced, since darkness is not a thing, but a lack of a thing, and certainly does not travel, it cannot have a speed. I suppose you could equate it to stopped light, however (as in a shadow where the light cannot travel through the medium) and here you might say the speed is zero.
2006-10-12 16:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by iMi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark is always there its just overtaken by the light that is artificially made or by the sun. But if you were to put a speed on it, the only thing you could say is it is the exact same speed as light because it follows right behind the light leaving, there is nothing in between, therefore making dark the exact same speed as light. Which is 670,616,629.384 miles per hour.
2006-10-12 16:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by deliwvu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Speed of Dark is a near-future science fiction novel by Elizabeth Moon. The story is told from the first person viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003, and was also an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist.
2006-10-13 03:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jeramie L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dark moves at the same speed as light does.
2006-10-12 16:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing that since light is made up of particles, it can have a speed. Darkness isn't made up of anything, so it doesn't have a speed. Unless there is such a thing as dark light, in which case my opinion means nothing. :-)
2006-10-12 16:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by Asmodeus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a little less than the speed of light.
2006-10-12 16:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by Eric C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether or not you are goth, if you are goth it's the speed of light negative if you aren't and really want to know try Physics.net or take my answer of like the speed of light it depends upon the medium or "air".
2006-10-12 16:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Sky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dark is nothing, so the speed is 0.
2006-10-12 16:01:35 · answer #8 · answered by Nikitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PJ had it totally backwards. Dark doesn't exist, it is just absence of light. But if it did, it would probably be the same as light, because as soon as light leaves, dark is there.
2006-10-13 00:11:07 · answer #9 · answered by Chris E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Negative of the speed of light, or -c. This competes with my negative mass question. Dr. J is wrong.
2006-10-12 17:54:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋