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No. Bullets travel from a few hundred feet per second up to several thousand feet per second, and lightening is much faster than that. According to various sources, lightening travels at either the speed of light, or about half of that, or about a third of that.
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∙ 6y agoNo it isn't. Nothing travels faster than light. A shooting star, is correctly known as a meteor, which is just a bit of dust burning up in the atmosphere and travelling at much slower than the speed of light.
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∙ 10y agoNo. Guns usually shoot at the speed of 896 per hour, which far less than that of light.
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Does a shooting star emit light of its own?
yes. the shooting star emits lots of light ************* A shooting star (meteor) is dust or very small bits of rock that enter the earth's atmosphere at a very high speed. The friction of the air heats the shooting star so hot that in incandesces (glows)- so yes, it does give off it's own light.
What is a hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light?
None. According to Einstein's Theory - NOTHING can travel as fast as - or faster than the speed of light. so - technically - it is true - when you look see a star in the sky - that is 1 light year away - you are actually seeing what it looked like 1 year ago - when the light left the star!!!!!
How fast would you have to travel in order to reach a star that is 50 light years away from Earth when you are 40 years older than you were when you left earth?
You would have to be travelling faster than the speed of light in order to do this. And, theoretically speaking, this would be impossible to do.However, if you were possible to travel faster than the speed of light, you would need to be travelling 1.25x the speed of light (which is about 3.75 x 108 m/s2).
What is the equation for the travel time to the nearest star at the speed of light?
For example, if a star is at a distance of 5 light-years, it will take 5 years to travel there at the speed of light.
Why is a shooting star not a star?
A star is a giant ball of superheated hydrogen and helium that generates heat and light through nuclear fusion. All stars other than the sun are light years away. A shooting star is a meteor, which is a small object, usually a piece of rock, burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
Is a shooting star faster the a comet?
No. On average, they should have approximately the same speed.
Wahich is faster 0.5 past light speed from Star Wars or warp 10 from Star Trek?
0.5 light speed
Does a shooting star emit light of its own?
yes. the shooting star emits lots of light ************* A shooting star (meteor) is dust or very small bits of rock that enter the earth's atmosphere at a very high speed. The friction of the air heats the shooting star so hot that in incandesces (glows)- so yes, it does give off it's own light.
Is lightning or a shooting star faster?
Lightning is much faster than meteors, which is the proper name for shooting stars.
Is warp speed Faster-than-light?
In the language of Star Trek it is, like the word mach implies a speed faster than sound. Don't know if warp is used to describe faster than light speeds in real life.
What is a hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light?
None. According to Einstein's Theory - NOTHING can travel as fast as - or faster than the speed of light. so - technically - it is true - when you look see a star in the sky - that is 1 light year away - you are actually seeing what it looked like 1 year ago - when the light left the star!!!!!
Is a meteor faster then a shooting star?
They are just different words for the same thing.
How fast can the millennium falcon go in Star Wars?
The Millennium Falcon can go .5 faster than light speed, which is 390,365,697,829 metres per second
How can the light from a distant star be old It would imply the star moved away faster than the speed of light?
Since stars are so far away, it takes a very long time for their light to reach us. The closest star to our sun is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.218 light-years away. This means that it would take 4.218 years for light (travelling at a speed of 300,000 km/s) to reach us from this star. As a result of this time delay (4.218 years), we are not seeing this star as it is right now - we are seeing it as it was, 4.218 years ago.The Andromeda Galaxy, for example, is significantly further away: it's approximately 2.5 million light-years from us. Since it has taken about 2.5 million years for the light from this galaxy to reach us, it is 2.5 millions years older than it currently appears to be.Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Even if it were possible for a distant star to travel this speed away from us, or even faster than this, it would mean that the light from this star would never be able to reach us.The most distant stars (in other galaxies) may appear to be moving close to - or faster than - the speed of light. This is due to the expansion of the fabric of the universe.
How fast does a shooting star go?
Typical speed is 70 km/sec.
What should it look like inside an alcubierre warp bubble?
A football-shaped star-ship for effective speed faster than light.
How many years would it take to reach the fartherest star traveling in light years?
I'm afraid you would never reach it. The furthest star, and thus the furthest galaxies are receding faster than the speed of light.
