If the maximum speed was say a 10th what it is, would it have any drastic changes in the universe?
I guess there would be more and bigger black holes and light would take longer to reach us, but what would be the main differences in the universe? Would it be much different?
2007-01-10 08:41:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I don't think it change so much, in fact the light doesn't have the same speed in the water and in the air, you can see when a ray of light gets into the water with an angle not perpendicular to this it turns the trajectory due to the difference in speed between that part of the light that reach the water first than the other and that doesn't make any change, about the black holes the amount of light being trap by a black hole is going to be the same because the light travel in the space but who is trap by the black hole is the space itself because of the high gravity of the black hole and the light follow the space as car follow the shape of the road.
Probably could affect the life and the time because there is a relation between the light and the time.Any way it is very difficult to know how really affect the universe but it is a good question.
2007-01-10 09:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by Santiago Beau.. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The speed of light is a fundamental determinant in many of the constants of physics. Therefore, nearly all would change. The length of the meter would shrink to 10%. But other than the scaling effect of 10x in linear dimensions, there might well be no change at all. Observations of another universe just like ours except for this 10x difference in the speed of light would probably be identical, as long as you couldn't compare the length of their meter to ours. Good question!
2007-01-10 10:04:35 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the speed of light were actually slower two sugguestions come to mind.
1. You wouldn't notice due to the innate fact the light speed uses all matter up to attain light speed thus so far setting the furthest outer most limits of measurable speed.
2. You may pass up time and light?
2007-01-10 08:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by chapman_red 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We wouldn't be able to go as fast. It is impossible no matter the speed to travel at the speed of light.
2007-01-10 08:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by HDsnowlover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the only change would be that the universe is 1/100th the size it is now.
2007-01-10 08:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since all of physics would be different, all of biology would be different, and so, we would accept whatever the result is for reality and the status quo.
2007-01-10 08:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋