Recent content by sigr

Whoa. I'm falling further down the rabbit hole! This is some fascinating stuff. I see I've got a lot of ground to cover, a lot of concepts to get familiar with. To all of you: thanks a lot for awesome answers, in the original sense of the word.

Whoa, that was a lot to take in for a noob. But thanks! Appreciated! The gist of it is that the bullet model of the photon is wrong, I guess. Yes! Relativistic beaming! Sounds like we're onto something! What do you think of this scenario. Is it somewhat correct, with regards to number of...

I am reading up on the special theory of relativity, and watched a video. In the video we have a train moving at ½ c towards a station, where an observer is waiting. The train's headlamp is on. How would the lamp's light appear to the observer? I was thinking that it¨'d appear to the observer...

Hi! I'm pretty new to the field of physics, but look forward to exploring! Currently I am reading about the theories of relativity, the special and the general, but got stuck fast, so here I am!