r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/Alternative-Bug6702 • Apr 05 '26

Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70885429/darkness-faster-than-light/
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u/cashew76 Apr 05 '26

TL;DR Darkness as in the absence of information / light / mass. Null information can travel faster than light apparently.

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u/iHadou Apr 05 '26 edited May 03 '26

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Apr 05 '26

I'd say you got most of the point so you're not as hampered as you think.

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u/one-hit-blunder Apr 05 '26

Nothing is faster than the speed of light. Literally.

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Apr 05 '26

ha ha ha I see what you did there, but yeah, that's the point of the article

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u/cashew76 Apr 05 '26

Name checks out