Is the plasma faster or slower than the speed of light?

Answer 1

Plasma is merely a material existing between gas and liquid states, and often has very high temperatures.

fun facts:

• Nothing can move faster than the speed of light, as it is the highest speed there is. (unless you take into account the recent findings at CERN, where a particle actually appears to have moved sliiiightly faster)
• Nothing with mass (like plasma) can ever reach the speed of light, as the energy required to do so, would be infinte (a fun little quirk of Einsteins equations on the matter ;P)
• As a particle with mass approaches the light speed, the mass increases, so the amount of energy needed approaches infinty.

Answer 2

Plasma itself doesn't have a speed. However, plasma can conduct energy and electromagnetic waves, including light, faster than in other mediums because of its charged particles. This is described by the speed of light within the plasma, which can be faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.

Answer 3

A "ray" is light, light is comprised of photons.

Answer 4

"Supersonic" means any speed faster than sound. At sea level, the speed of light

is about 874,000 times faster than the speed of sound.