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The particle is traveling at a whisker under the speed of light. If I read things correctly, it's only a few light-days behind what the light would be after 1
by eesmith 3y ago
The particle is traveling at a whisker under the speed of light.
If I read things correctly, it's only a few light-days behind what the light would be after 1 billion years.
So what we see should (as we we understand it) look like the conditions where/when it achieved its tremendous speed.
- saiya-jin 3y agoThank you for the explanation it makes sense (I wonder how much time that particle 'experienced'), apart from that obvious mystery of where it came from