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This is going to be a dumb question I fear... If, as the article says, photons can't travel through a vacuum how are we able t see the stars (let alone distant
by voidpointer 7y ago
This is going to be a dumb question I fear...
If, as the article says, photons can't travel through a vacuum how are we able t see the stars (let alone distant galaxies)? Is it just because space isn't enough of full vacuum, or what am I missing?
- FreeFull 7y agoThe article talks about "phonons", which are a different thing from photons.
- voidpointer 7y agoThanks. drinks-another-coffee
- basilgohar 7y agoI know it's not exactly HNewsy, but I felt the need to upvote this because, frankly, this made me smile and also I am highly sympathetic to this sentiment right now.