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a vacuum, since there is nothing for the light to hit and be slowed down.

just out of interest, the slowest is frozen crystaline sodium, where light travels at 38mph

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Light moves fastest in a vacuum (like space). All wavelengths of light (including visible, ultra violet, infra red, x-rays, etc) move at the same speed, 3.0*10^8 m/s in vacuum.

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