Train of Thought: Light Speed

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Light is fast! It's the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit — 186,000 miles per second. (If you could travel as fast as light, the universe would look very different.) Because it moves so quickly, light can seem to appear instantaneously. Think about when you turn on...

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