9.8 m/s^2 is acceleration. Meaning we’re constantly accelerating by 9.8 m/s, or 22 mph every second forever. In just under 1 year, we’d be traveling at the speed of light. And then?
Obviously being sarcastic. The Earth doesn’t accelerate. The universe bends around the Earth (which again, is a Giant Magical Space Rug) and therefore the Earth only needs to move at a constant speed. Gravity is simply the illusion caused by special relativity. An apple doesn’t fall off the tree, it simply teleports through a wormhole at 0.0098 m per milisecond.
Light cannot accelerate. When a photon is created (emitted from electrons falling down a higher orbital, particle decay, etc.) it is traveling the speed of light. Photons cannot travel slower or faster than the speed of light. Every observer, regardless of their speed, sees light traveling the speed of light.
9.8 m/s^2 is acceleration. Meaning we’re constantly accelerating by 9.8 m/s, or 22 mph every second forever. In just under 1 year, we’d be traveling at the speed of light. And then?
This is where the fun begins.
We are already moving past the speed of light. That’s why a short nap becomes hours. It’s time dilation, duh.
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Obviously being sarcastic. The Earth doesn’t accelerate. The universe bends around the Earth (which again, is a Giant Magical Space Rug) and therefore the Earth only needs to move at a constant speed. Gravity is simply the illusion caused by special relativity. An apple doesn’t fall off the tree, it simply teleports through a wormhole at 0.0098 m per milisecond.
Why would the light not be accelerating with us, that’s my question.
Light cannot accelerate. When a photon is created (emitted from electrons falling down a higher orbital, particle decay, etc.) it is traveling the speed of light. Photons cannot travel slower or faster than the speed of light. Every observer, regardless of their speed, sees light traveling the speed of light.