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Darkness doesn't have a speed. What you are seeing is the light leaving.
You could say it's the same as the speed of light but it's really just your perception that darkness is moving but it's really the absence of light.
Curtis Strite
Aurelie Renner
Dark is defined as the absence of light. Therefore, it moves just as quickly as light, away from the light. The speed of light IS variable, it is NOT a constant.
Curtis Strite
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∙ 8y agoThe universe consists only of space, mass and energy. The word 'speed' is applicable only to mass (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (heat, light, electromagnetic waves, etc.). Darkness is not a mass nor energy, so the word speed cannot be applied to darkness.
- Darkness is the absence of light. There is no speed of darkness.
- I guess you could say that darkness "arrives" when light departs. So the speed that light "leaves" the observed space would be the speed of darkness; meaning the speed of darkness would be the speed of light, about 3.00 × 108 m/s. The same reasoning is behind the statement "there is no 'cold,' only the absence of heat."
- I think the contributor is asking a joke or riddle - a play on "the speed of light."
- There is a "Speed of Darkness". It is the fifth studio album by the Celtic Punk band Flogging Molly. It was released May 31, 2011.
- According to the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett, Darkness is faster than the speed of light as no matter how fast light tries to get there, darkness always got there first.
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What is the name of the God of Darkness?
There is no god of darkness, there is only the Devil.
Why do you prefer darkness over light?
i perfer darkness because it has no time in the day to have light and it is way better cause you cant get blind with the darkness
The hours of daylight and darkness in September are nearest to hours of daylight and darkness in which month?
march
Are the daylight and darkness in September are nearest to the hours of daylight and darkness in November?
There is a Tornado valley! and there is such thing as Tornado Alley!
How many hours of darkness does the South Pole receive on 21 June?
The sun sets at the South Pole about March 21 and does not rise again until about September 21. This means that on 21 June, there is no sunrise -- or 24 hours of darkness on that date.
Is the speed of darkness greater than the speed of light?
Darkness is only the absence of light. The 'speed of darkness', or the speed at which darkness 'propagates' (even though only the absence of photons is propagating) is therefor equal to the speed of light.
When was The Speed of Darkness - EP - created?
The Speed of Darkness - EP - was created in 2002.
When was Speed of Darkness created?
Speed of Darkness was created on 2011-05-31.
What is darkness and how fast does it travel?
Darkness is the absence of light and will therefore travel at the speed of light (6x108m/s)
What is darkness and does it travel?
no light and it trazels at the speed of light
How quickly does darkness travel?
Presumably at the speed of light.
What is the speed of Darkness If darkness is the absence of light then you think that light is the absence of darkness.?
No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.No, light is not the absence of darkness. Darkness is nothing, light is something.
If the speed of light is 299792458 meters per second what is the speed of darkness?
When scientists refer to the speed of light, they're talking about the photons which make up light. Darkness is the absence of light; hence, there are no photons. There is nothing to measure. The speed of darkness is undefined as there is no quanta making up darkness. Put simply: There is no speed of darkness!
Does darkness have speed?
Neither can "come first" - for darkness to exist there must be an absence of light. But for light to exist there must be something to burn, and before there was anything burning there would have been darkness. But.... as there would have been nothing to observe the darkness - as nothing can exist without light - then one can say that light and darkness are mutually necessary. You can't have one without the other.
Can Light and Darkness Dragon negate Counter Traps in Yu-Gi-Oh?
No, Light and Darkness Dragon's negation effect is a Quick Effect which is spell speed 2, so it cannot chain to a Counter Trap which is spell speed 3.
What is the velocity of darkness?
It doesn't have a velocity! However, in theory, one could say that darkness is the only thing that replaces light!! So as light goes away, darkness takes its place!! So darkness probably travels at the speed of light :D - 186000 miles per second (that's about 7.5 times round the earth in a second)
If a black hole can suck-up and draw in light then the speed of darkness must be faster then the speed of light?
Not quite. Remember that darkness is simply the absence of light. If you flipped a lightswitch in a closed room the light turns off, and it goes dark. The reason that is is because the lack of a light source. Some animals can take that lack of a lightsource and see using infrared visuals. They DONT emit a red light so darkness is still set there, but they can see through the darkness. The reason this is, because darkness is just a state of no light. We see things because light reflects off of them. The reason blackholes suck light is because they are so powerful light cant escape. which means light cant emit. Darkness has no speed esentally that is what I am getting at.
