• Question: Is light the fastest thing on earth?

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      Asked by to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 14 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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        Kate Nicholson answered on 14 Mar 2014:

        As far as we know light is the fastest thing in the universe, not just earth. Some italian researchers calculated that neutrinos can go faster than light, but a lot of people are hoping they will repeat their experiments to prove this more convincingly.

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        Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 14 Mar 2014:

        YES. Einstein’s relativity theory shows that as things get faster they approach the speed of light, so lightspeed is not only the highet, but the limit of speed!

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        Nicola Rogers answered on 15 Mar 2014:

        it sure is!

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