Faster Than Light

[Tuffdisc]

Oh well, it proves Einstein was only human and that all scientists can be fallible

 

[alice in chains]

hey hey!! im on probation for what i dont know...wherez do i get my urine cup?

 

[alice in chains]

i saw this article too and it's really intersting, i guess only time will tell, the results will be even more conclusive then

 

[freakofnature]

Oh well, it proves Einstein was only human and that all scientists can be fallible

What did you think Eintstien was? God?

 

[Tuffdisc]

What did you think Eintstien was? God?

Nope.

 

[Natasha]

hey hey!! im on probation for what i dont know...wherez do i get my urine cup?

You get messages telling you what disciplinary measure you've received and why.

 

[MsPoppy]

If light goes fast, than do black holes go slow, or slow it down, or speed it up or turn it into something else, like plants do with solar energy

 

[Siphorous]

If light goes fast, than do black holes go slow, or slow it down, or speed it up or turn it into something else, like plants do with solar energy

I'm not up enough on my science to answer this fully - but I've read enough in the past to be aware that nothing can escape a black hole - not even light. Gravity is too strong. Once light (or anything else for that matter) hits the 'event horizon' - that's it. It's all over. Which is why a black hole is named as such.

What happens thereafter to whatever passes beyond the event horizon... well, that's a different matter entirely. One that I really don't know enough about although popular theories as well as speculation exist.

 

[kanojoe]

Interesting

 

[Zorak]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fasterthanlight-claims-a-mistake-7575933.html

As of now, the experiment is still in unreplicable. The most important element of any scientific experiment. And thus Einstein's theory still holds up.

 

[Siphorous]

Another team member goes.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/int...an-light-physicist-quits-under-pressure/14676

...and Einstein looks to be safe as Zorak has pointed out.

OPERA team will do another repeat in May (presumably having ironed out any timing issues they referred to). We'll see.. but I'm thinking Einstein will still be safe.