Recent content by ginevradabenci

Yep, those are all better ways of phrasing my question. It's probably quite a big job to answer them, I assume.

It's good to ask questions and think outside the box, too, though, as you have been doing. New discoveries sometimes come when there is a conceptual leap which is then tested and found to be correct.

Indeed, but the speed of light differs in different transparent substances. So its speed in some substance unknown in our solar system might be different and unknown surely? Could patches of dark matter in the universe affect its speed?

Thank you for this. I see the logic, in relation to Earth, but if we use earthly measurements for other parts of the universe, wouldn't they be affected by relativity? One part of the equation, the unit, would be clearly defined, but surely the other part, some distance in distant space, would...

I am a PhD art student with a background in history of art, art practice, mathematics (PGCE) and editing. My work, as you may guess, is very interdisciplinary. It is hard to overcome the 'silo' mentality of the different disciplines. Mathematics is a major methodology for me, and I am trying to...

Although the speed of light is a 'cosmic speed limit', and is always constant, this seems to be a paradox. Firstly, the units we use to measure it relate to the Earth. How can we measure a metre or a second without the Earth as a reference point? And if we do, what meaning does this have for the...