2007-11-14 11:15:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Darkness is stationary. That is unless accelerated by blind stupidity.
2007-11-14 11:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by The Voice of Reason 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Darkness has no substance and it can travel faster than the speed of light.
Think of this experiment. An astronaut is on the moon with a flashlight. It is projected onto the earth. The flashlight slips from his hand causing the light to no longer point towards earth. Both the astronaut and the earth will see the shadow move accross the face of the earth. How fast the shadow moves is not limited by the speed of light, but by how fast the flashlight rotates as it slips out of the astronaut's hand.
(MooseBoys, above, is right for his particular hypothetical, but as my example above shows, the absense of light can travel faster than the speed of light)
2007-11-14 12:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by Frst Grade Rocks! Ω 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If darkness is the absence of light, then the speed of light (the rate at which light can propagate towards a reference point, making it light) is identical to the speed of dark (the rate at which light can propagate away from a reference point, making it dark).
Just imagine shining a laser into space for 1 second. The leading edge of the pulse will travel at the exact same speed as the trailing edge.
2007-11-14 11:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by MooseBoys 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the speed of dark is the speed of light divided by .3231 which equals 75123mph
2007-11-14 11:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by darkfuryregioner 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is the diameter of your skull divided by your age, or perhaps more.
2007-11-14 11:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by GusBsAs 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋