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  1. How can light (or electromagnetic radiation) travel through a vacuum when there is nothing there to act as a medium, and do so forever in all directions? For example the light coming from a star millions of light years away. Light is observed as traveling at velocity v=c, according to the second postulate of special relativity. But according to ...

    • How far does light go? how long does light go. - Jason (age 11) A: Hi Jason, Light just keeps going and going until it bumps into something.
    • less than one photon? Can light intensity reduce to a level where it's energy is less than 1 photon (probably after travelling an almost infinite distance from a point source)?
    • stars too far away to see? does there is any star that we can can't get it's light because of itis farness?...... sorry with having any problems in my English gramer, my English language is not good enough.
    • light going out to space. If we are reflections of light, does that reflection make it out into space and keeps traveling til its asorbed.
  2. Unlike a sound waves, light waves do not need a medium to pass through, they can travel through a vacuum. Light from the Sun reaches Earth through the vacuum of space. This video can not be played

  3. Jan 5, 2015 · When he is coming back to Earth after 2001 years, only 2 years have passed for him (the so-called twin paradox). The spacetime interval of photons is reduced to zero, that means that they do not travel through spacetime, their momentum is transmitted directly from one place to another.

  4. Of course yes. Light from sun reaches earth through the vacuum present in the space. Light does not require any medium to travel. However, Light can also travel in medium like air, water and solids. Example,we can see things inside water and glass which is a liquid and solid, which is due to travel of light.

  5. May 2, 2014 · Light may seem to be an exception, leading many to say that light is a wave that can travel through a vacuum with no medium. Light doesn't use EM fields as its medium; light IS an EM (electromagnetic) wave. Maxwell's equations tell us that a magnetic field changing in time causes an electric field to change in space, and an electric field ...

  6. Figure 1.4 Three methods for light to travel from a source to another location. (a) Light reaches the upper atmosphere of Earth, traveling through empty space directly from the source. (b) Light can reach a person by traveling through media like air and glass. (c) Light can also reflect from an object like a mirror.

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