Does Light Speed Relate to Sun's Rate of Burning?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers on the relationship between the speed of light and the rate at which the sun burns gases. Participants explore whether variations in stellar burning rates could influence the speed of light observed from different galaxies, touching on concepts of time and energy transfer.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that if the speed of light relates to the sun's burning rate, then stars in other galaxies might have different light or time rates based on their burning processes.
  • Another participant asserts that the speed of light is determined by fundamental physical properties of space/time, implying no relationship to stellar burning rates.
  • A third participant emphasizes that the speed of light is constant and has been confirmed by numerous experiments, suggesting that any variation in burning rates would not affect light speed.
  • It is noted that while the sun's burning rate influences the intensity of emitted light, it does not affect the speed at which light travels.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express disagreement regarding the relationship between light speed and the sun's burning rate, with some firmly rejecting the idea and others proposing it as a possibility.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference fundamental physical theories and experimental results without resolving the implications of their claims regarding light speed and stellar processes.

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does lights speed relate to the suns rate of the gases burning. If yes then wouldn't that mean that stars in other
galaxies could have light or time rate at that much faster or slower than compared to ours. Just because that how
fast their sun is burning, and that's how fast their life is moving in time with their sun, light, energy. It would be
different than ours, but still related, just if we traveled there there would be a transfer in our energy or a change.
 
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does lights speed relate to the suns rate of the gases burning.

No.

The speed of light depends on fundamental physical properties of space/time.
 
That's an easilt tested propostion Mikelus and the answer is a definite no, if it were such it would of got significantly different rersults in other experiments and the fact that the speed of light is constnat underpins or is a result of many key theories strectching back over 100 years.
 
the speed of light is a constant throughout the universe.

the speed at which the sun burns gases affects the intensity of the light that it emits, but it does not affect the speed at which the light travels.
 

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