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What a good question, the fastest thing in the world besides light is the space shuttle. But again what a really good question.
Tachyon is believed to be faster than light and as fast as light in its lowest possible velocity.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNeutrinos can be nearly as fast as light. All electromagnetic radiation (light, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves, microwaves) travels at the same speed. Gravitons, if they exist, travel at the speed of light.
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∙ 14y ago-- bullets
-- supersonic aircraft
-- the tip of a bull-whip when cracked
-- solar-wind particles emitted by the sun
-- objects in orbit around the sun
-- meteors and returning spacecraft entering the atmosphere
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Why you see a distant event before you hear it?
Because the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. Therefore, when the light from that event reaches your eyes, you see it. Then later, the sound from the event reaches your ears, and you hear it. Basically it's just because light travels faster than sound.
Why do you see fireworks before hearing them?
We see the firework works first because the because burning emits light . It is a fact that it travels faster than sound . So the sound energy produced during the burning of fire work reaches us late . So we hear the sound after vizualizing it.
What travels faster through water light or sound?
Light travels faster through anything than sound does.Light also travels through a few things that sound can't.Light is around 150,000 times as fast.
Why do you hear thunderclap after a lightning flash?
Because light travels faster than sound. So the light reaches you first then the sound comes after.
What accounts for the time difference between seeing and hearing a fireworks display.?
The time difference is due to the differences in the speed of light and sound. Light travels near 300,000,000 meters/second where sound travels 343 meters/second. Light travels almost one million times faster than sound therefore it reaches you first.
What travels faster than light waves and sound waves?
Light travels faster than sound ... about 875,000 times faster. Nothing travels faster than light.
What travels faster the sound?
light
Which travels faster noise or lightning?
lightning travels faster. Light is faster than sound.
Which travels fastest sound water air light?
Light travels faster.
Which travels fastest sound air light or water?
Light travels faster.
What travels faster light or sound?
Light travels at approximately 3x108m/s whilst sound travels only at 343m/s. So which do you think is the faster one?
What travels lighter light or sound?
Light appears lighter, and also travels faster, than sound.
Can light travel as fast as sound?
no from what i have learned light travels faster then sound
How does light travel witch is faster light or sound?
Light is much faster then the speed of sound. Sound travels at a speed of about 768 Miles per hour, when light travels at a speed of 186,282 miles per SECOND.
What travels faster than a rocket?
Sound, Light....
Does sound travels faster than light in water?
No.
What travel fast light or sound in the universe?
light travels faster.
