What Is Light Made Of?

Light moves at incredibly fast speeds, and it allows us to see everything in the world. What is it made out of? Trace is joined by Debbie Berebichez to explain how light is both a particle and a wave.
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Young's Double Slit Experiment
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[@sandenium]

so basically what they are saying is that still nobody knows what exactly light is.

[@TurriPi]

They have, it's both, they just have to figure out quantum physics now.

[@pravinrao3669]

if magnetism is just relvestic effect of electric field due to length contraction then what is light as what ever I have learned is that its a magnetic field which produces a electric field which in turn produces a magnetic field but since they are the same things and can't produce each other and only depend on point of reference then what is light? So that any one who believes that he knows what light is gets confused/

[@DavidWebsterAD]

Photons do not move the conduct in the ether

[@TEAMGETHELP]

Ken Wheeler can tell y'all

[@The247th]

Light, is not to be taken lightly! :P .......ok I tried..

[@TraceDominguez]

This made me LOL. Good work.

[@scrapetv3826]

I'm no scientist, but I think it's at least possible light is made of Unicorn blood. I could be wrong but probably not.

[@elite7948]

10 years and no reply? Lemme fix that

[@marksmithwas12]

Light is both a wave and a particle? That's not too surprising to me XD I have this theory (It's probably already been theorised many times before) that a photon is a wave, is invisible but always exists. When it comes into contact with energy (eg a particle), then it picks up the energy (like mobile phones use carrier waves to send unique data depending on the phone number, AKA the frequency of the wave). When you see light fading, all you're seeing is the energy dispersing from the photon but the photon still exists. Think about it, a massless particle always will travel at the speed of light (aka the speed of a massless particle) and has no mass which means it passes through other matter. The reason why mirrors reflect light is because the energy that's manipulating the wave itself changes direction, and pulls the photon with it. At least, that's my theory

[@sciencefreakdog]

I like your thoughts above. Your "photon" sounds suspiciously like the electromagnetic field. It is everywhere and information travels at the speed of light. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Imagine the em field as an ocean and light as some kind of ocean wave. (That is not how it is like, but if it helps... (sorry had to put that quote there. Who recongizes it? (did you notice I like brackets?))) Photons, on the other hand, are like energy-units of light. You can have different-sized energy units, but two photons with n energy are not the same as one with 2n energy. If you think of light as particles, that makes sense, but with waves... (btw that is what the photoelectric effect is all about) Ok, enough confusion for toda... um.. tonight. It is very hard to bring the two light models together. (is models the right word?)

[@DimitriosDenton]

Seriously, is there someone who didn't know about the double slit experiment before that?

[@AnotherCasualViewer]

i was expecting Morgan Freeman to show up, i was disappointed!

[@irun_mon]

I was expecting beyonce to show up :(

[@SCarboni]

Irun Mon I woke up this way.

[@KageRyuu6]

Anyone else remember a documentary on BBC that aired sometime in 2011 done by Horizon called "What is Reality?" Yeah, seeing light change from wave to particle and back again depending on how it's observed is far more impressive when you see it happening in real time.

[@TheSwaggCuhh]

Is it on KZbin?

[@cwjakesteel]

TheSwaggCuhh watch?v=dEaecUuEqfc

[@TheSwaggCuhh]

cwjakesteel Thanks a lot

[@RodneyWilder]

In my universe, light is made of gummy bears and I'm going to eat them up. nom nom nom

[@shawnthompson3931]

Jorji Costava You can come anywhere you want, for the right price.

[@deliciousbutter6077]

Jorji Costava You must sacrifice the goats to the gods above and you will be in the universe.

[@LemonadeMouthSomebod]

Jorji Costava We can get some more sheep from Arstotzka if we can get trough...

[@WetPig]

Jorji Costava you again,get a real passport

[@WetPig]

Then give me some credits or you go to jail

[@MrGridStrom]

So that's why we need to sweep the floor; because of all the used up light particles gathering on the floor and in the corners of a room? I'm gona hold a cup under my light and full it up with little particles.

[@ShadowDrakken]

You do realize not all particles interact the same way with other particles right? For instance, radioactivity is particles, but you're going to have a hell of a time collecting them, since they pass through most other particles (in fact, that's how they cause mutations in large quantities). Trying to be snide and insinuate that particle duality isn't real just because you can't catch a photon in a glass (btw, they HAVE caught photons in specially prepared crystals recently) is just ignorance on your part.

[@MrGridStrom]

***** But what about all the dead particles all over the floor?

[@prixat]

MrGridStrom As soon as you observe a photon it turns into a cat.

[@MrGridStrom]

prixat (MrGridStrom) Looks out the window (well that makes a lot of sense) Cats every where!

[@akiraic]

prixat and i'm not sure, but looks like the cat is dead... OH WAIT, it's alive! No.. is it dead?

[@Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time]

Could the wave particle duality of light be acting like the bits or zeros and ones of a computer forming an interactive process continuously forming a blank canvas that we can interact with turning the possible into the actual?

[@the-naked-sailor]

Nope, what you're talking about is imagination. Far more complex than "light theory".

[@particularlyNoble]

This is a really good, concise explanation of wave particle duality. For a four-minute video, this introduces the idea really well. This might be an idea for a whole different video, but I would have liked to see the probability and affect of observation in quantum mechanics explained.

[@ekatehtderllip9875]

There seems to be great similarities between the nature of photons and the nature of electrons. Like most things, maybe the particle/wave dichotomy exists within a spectrum.

[@AceRazor]

Quantum mechanics is one of my favorite fields of science.

[@g0nznevil]

same here, but i have this problem. the deeper i go the more confused it gets... one does not simply can truly undestand all that weird stuff :D

[@ShadowDrakken]

I've seen and heard this explained so much better elsewhere.

[@Postghost]

It is quite silly to attempt to explain something like the properties of light, in 4 minutes.

[@jeanniewood]

congrats?

[@ShadowDrakken]

A single statement of point hardly equates to bitching. www.lmgtfy.com/?q=wave+particle+duality www.lmgtfy.com/?q=double+slit+experiment

[@Shrimptje]

***** you deserve a medal for this comment

[@CariagaXIII]

Veritasium and vscause

[@maesr]

This is exactly what i'm doing in AS level Physics at the moment, thank you it helped so much!! :)

[@peteranilov7822]

This is probably my favourite episode of DNews I've watched :) It's just great how light is both a wave and a particle

[@bogdanelbogdan9891]

The one electron universe theory says is that the electron travels forward and backward through time creating multiple instants of itself considered by us electrons when it goes to the future and positron when it goes towards the past creating like this the space-time. When electron/positron interact(all the time) they create a spiral shaped motion (photon) like a twisted two way band. So a spiral (wave) is a path through space-time. Light is also a wave or a spiral therefore a path through space-time.

[@stephaniechan1657]

What's so incredibly awesome that this video was posted today is that I'm reviewing my MCAT physics todayyy and this is painting a clear picture of the double slit experience that Iactuallydidn'twanttostudytoomuchbecausesomanywords hehe awesome as always!

[@yeb0i]

Hey Trace. Can you tell us why the heck our eyebrow hairs don't continuously grow like the hair on our scalp? Our eyebrows just stay more or less a half inch long for as long as it wants to while our scalp hair just keeps growing. I know there are other hairs on the body that just grow to a certain length but I just used the eyebrows as an example.

[@cheesyvin8078]

lel why?? Did you shave your eyebrows??

[@BruceCrossan]

What happens when you put a detector by the slits? I read somewhere that if you do that, the interference pattern disperses and you get the particle effect. Not sure if this is correct or not, or the person who did it performed the experiment incorrectly.

[@ohmzen9695]

Ok.. check this thought out.. What if Light is a particle, but it's is moving in a very tight Vortex. Like a compact "photon train" but the train tracks are vortex. Which from certain perspectives will look like a wave. ie: in two dimension a vortex looks like a wave from the side, but straight on it would look singular like particles. A vortex would act as both in observations. what do you think?

[@ohmzen9695]

Vortex meaning a moving forward Spiral.. like a cork screw beam of light. Particles so tightly packed together that they appear as one. but move in a screw formation.

[@lafcadiothelion]

she should be on the show more often, I really liked her explanations!

[@BinaryDNA]

I have a thought experiment. Take two particles and quantum lock them. That's when you change the spin of one, it mysteriously changes the other's spin to match, thus locked. Then take one and throw it in a black hole. Since they are locked, you can measure the one you have, which is like measuring the one you threw in. So what will we see when we throw it in? What would happen if we tried to change the spin? Could we even change the spin?

[@crooked-halo]

Is light subject at all to gravity? Does it "fall" with distance? What fascinates me is the theory (is it theory?) that light cannot escape the massive gravitational pull of a black hole.

[@hughstout]

....I have never thought if light is subject to gravity.....I know it gets fuzzy and dimmer when it shines on something far away but....huh.... But wouldn't light have a hard time escaping the sun then? With its massive gravity?

[@villemattias]

hughstout The fact that light gets "dimmer" further away is because it spreads out so much and/or gets absorbed by particles in the way. Yes, the sun has a strong gravitational force compared to earth, but it's nowhere near powerful enough to bend light dramatically visibly, but it does happen just a tiny bit. Compared to other objects the sun is very "lightweight". Insanely dense objects like neutron stars or black holes have so much mass, and are so "small", that they have a strong enough gravitational force to bend or trap light.

[@misterright8626]

Of course light is subject to gravity, because gravity is the effect of mass on the surrounding space, and light travels through this bent space. This was first proved in 1919 and made Einstein famous overnight for predicting this.

[@JoeStaehle]

I paused the video right at the beginning to answer the question in the title. A: Photons. Now was that not simple?

[@nandy9285]

Did the same lol

[@kayvee256]

Well... What are photons? The fundamental unit of light! So light is made up of... Light! And sleeping pills work because of their soporific effect. Ahh, tautology. ^_^

[@Shicaca89]

UbiquitousChe Mind blown!

[@josh1879]

watch?v=ayvbKafw2g0 Narrated by Morgan Freeman

[@ToadRoach]

^^ With that voice it must be true :)

[@99bits46]

Veritasium has the best visual demonstration on this topic

[@fullyawakened]

It is not BOTH a particle and a wave... it is NEITHER a particle NOR a wave. We just use those terms to help laymen understand some of the quantum characteristics and behavior we are observing. You just confuse people when you say they act like both... they do not... they act like neither.

[@ittybitty93]

They may not actually BE both, but they do ACT like them.

[@TheMasterfulcreator]

So electromagnetic radiation, that which possesses properties of frequency, amplitude, and wavelength does NOT act like a wave? Given that we are able to meaningfully attribute those quantities to it, how can it be wrong to say that it acts like a wave? There is an analogue point for particles.

[@meepmoop7417]

stephiemon93 Are YOU sure? maybe THEY are.

[@adavewiley]

A question I have long sought an answer to: In the nucleus of an atom a neutron lasts indefinitely. A free neutron, one outside an atom, only lasts about 15 minutes before decaying into a proton. Why?

[@fkgabbana]

It's cool to see regular scientists prove what metaphysicists have been saying for a long ass time.

[@wonderlandnise]

i have a question for you, how does water molecules trigger the growth of a seed, how does this work? i've always thought about this, and how does the seed detect the water molecules? :)

[@RoboAddy]

veritasium explained this better

[@CollabersOfAwsomenes]

ＲｏｂｏＡｄｄｙ bitch ted-ed explained it better

[@dozog]

About everyone on KZbin explained it better.

[@Inertia888]

I wondr if our new understanding of gravity waves will lead to a deeper understanding of the double slit experiment.

[@MrJarrah94]

I think what everyone needs to understand is that these guys aren't here to produce a scientific paper. They're here (as far as I can tell) to introduce scientific content for people of all intelligence that is simple and easy to digest. They do a pretty good job.

[@MyaAubin]

Wow. Thanks I just asked you guys to explain light the other day and here it is. Fabulous. I think I love you guys. muah!

[@JacksonWelch]

Do more physics stuff! Thank you.

[@putisiernie]

i have a question i been using baking soda and put it in the water shake first and then drink and men my fatigue is gone i research it according to taiwan university the baking soda actually help reduce fatigue and tiredness research is not yet complete i hope you shed light of these

[@numan9117]

they have explained double slit experiment without ever saying measurement problem. That is a new feat in making stuff boring,.. id say. The most exciting part left out...

[@dantemeriere5890]

I could listen to her all day. Loved her accent.

[@taiming71]

She is smart and cute with a sexy accent . I hope you have her on Dnews again.

[@taiming71]

Dude your on the wrong channel if your looking for T+A

[@daniloventura112]

I was under the impression that "light" is comprised of oscillating particles. Meaning a vibrating particle of elector magnetic energy vibrating at a specific frequency that could manifest itself as what we perceive to be light or rather a wave, that depending on the vibration can fall on a spectrum of various kinds of "light" ( i.e gamma, infrared,xray etc.).

[@Griffiskor]

Hey DNews! I wanted to know if listening to something with headphones/earphones/etc. is actually more harmful to the ear than a sound source that is farther away, but just as loud as the earphones when it reaches your ear. I would be glad if you can answer my question!

[@sharif47]

Anyone recalls the formula: mv=h/lambda. Probably this formula explains somehow. I forgot. Maybe it's like if the mass is too much, then it's wave length is too short, so it's a particle or if vice versa, it's a wave. But probably in case of light, both the properties are in the middle. So, it can act as both particle and wave. (Perhaps, can't remember with certainty)

[@dennisjesse10]

I don't know anything about quantum mechanics, but wouldn't it be both because it's a particle and just moves in a wave pattern through a medium? does the wave pattern of a photon change depending what sort of medium it goes through. sorry just trying to wrap my brain around how this could be.

[@RoCdOtAoWnsXD]

Thanks for this, I have wondered this for some time now.

[@MariankGonzalez]

I have a question!!! What is the relationship of myostatin with testosterone and estrogen? Everyone I have asked so far could not answer my question! Although it's a protein enforced by a gene, I don't know if testosterone reduces it or if estrogen induces it. Maybe progesterone has a part in it as well. I've even tried researching it and I couldn't find an answer! Thank you!

[@cunningwolf4516]

I thought light was a chain reaction of electromagnetism... Like electric current then magnetic current and alternating till the source cuts off

[@amihartz]

Light has photons, packets of energy. They have visible light and the light we can't see. These go to leaves, absorb all light but green, Which reflects into our eyes and that's how we see.

[@mandipbasnet9270]

HEY I LIKE YRS CONCEPT.....AND MY CRAZY QUESTION IS " I CAN SEE DOTS AS WELL AS LINES IN AIR ...BUT CAN TOUCH OR FEEL IT ...WHAT IS THAT ....PLZ FEEDBACK THANX

[@wzwguitar]

I have a specific question that deals alittle with relativity. Ok here it is. "If a car is traveling at 70 mph and there is a flying insect inside the car, let's say the insect always flys at it's to speed of 5 mph, How fast is the insect flying if it flys to the front of the car from the back of the car, while the car is at a constant speed of 70 mph? Also how fast is it flying when it flys from the front of the car to the back? I've had this question since like 7th grade and have asked my science teachers, but haven't got a real answer. Help me please!!!!!! Ps: freaking love the show!

[@digitalbread4574]

That's an explanation of how light behave under certain conditions.There was no explanation of what light actually is "made" of in this video.. electromagnetic radiation? well then what is electromagnetic radiation made of and so on..

[@Look_its_izzy]

Charge particles moving through space. The electron is the particle that carries the electromagnetic field.

[@clavisjanes3927]

That's a good point. I look at it like this: The universe consists of fields that cover its entirety. One of these fields is the electromagnetic field. A ripple in this field is a photon, aka light. Moving ions (such as electrons) cause ripples in the field. A traveling photon then would be a ripple propagating through the field, like a wave. That's how I envision it, What do you think?

[@32Deejavu]

i can see the difference between a 120 hz monitor and a 60 hz monitor hands down. but, of course, i cannot see all the 60 hz lights flickering... or can i. i want to know if you had illuminated a room with a 60 hz light, then switched to a higher frequency light, if you are able to tell the difference.

[@truedeadandlife]

Awesome video, thanks.

[@helium73]

I've been thinking. Waves don't have any particular direction. They are always moving in all directions. So how is this different from a single particle moving in random directions? Even if it's moving in random directions if it's doing it at the speed of light then it will still behave in a somewhat predictable manner. It will always have more likely location at a particular time.

[@heynando]

what if the wall of the double slit experiment is made out of metal and we had a detector coming off of it?! Would we have both particle and wave simultaneously? Or would we have both but in a different timestamp?

[@Fliprrr]

Do all planets rotate a sun (star) in the same direction? can some rotate clockwise while others rotate counter clockwise? is it possible????

[@IanAtkinson555]

Does this mean I'll have to learn how to 'particle' at people to get their attention?

[@scarlettallen2784]

[@TheRealFlenuan]

This wasn't exactly news (as in "DNews"), but I still appreciated it.

[@edusansil]

Debbie, por acaso vc é espanhola? Seu sotaque parece espanhol. I love it

[@deanthomas9712]

Hey! Please make a video about what is technical study and how we do technical study ?

[@ztsb45]

The mathematical possibility of different crystalline structures for solids .-. That's an interesting one to think about. Like, in an extreme example, the ice-9 from Cat's Cradle; a fictional form of water that would form solids at much higher temperatures than normal ice (potentially freezing over most of the world's water if a seed crystal either was formed in nature or placed artificially by science. The seed crystal would expand, causing the rest of the water to form the same atomic structure due to the positive and negative attractions of the original seed, and eventually freeze all water connected to the original source.) Are there actual cases of multiple solid forms of a single element or compound? If so, what elements have this property o.o?

[@ztsb45]

That's what I would like to hear about >.>

[@akaMyThought]

Great video!

[@nm-lb6ph]

This is really interesting

[@Pythagoras211]

You can't impose either/or dichotomies on to nature

[@shungzz1]

can you get someone to explain inflation theory in honor of the discovery they made where they able to measure the polarization of light moments after the big bang

[@NickRoman]

Damn it! Why'd you say that? I never thought anything "raunchy" about "the double slit experiment" before. But now I'm going to be thinking that.

[@therealEmpyre]

It gets weirder. They did the double slit experiment with a light source so dim that it only emits 1 photon at a time, and recorded where each photon hit the detector. The photons still followed the interference pattern even though there was no other photon present to interfere with. Each photon was going through both slits and interfering with itself.

[@RadChild13]

Can you explain what quantum entanglement is?

[@Shawshank00]

Wave-Particle duality of light. I remember my Physics teacher hammering that term into our brains. Can barely remember the actual concept though.

[@chiefseadawg5164]

I have read and thought of the double slit experiment many times, but I never thought of it as being raunchy. Only somebody with a truly warped mind would. This subject has been covered many times on KZbin channels, many TV science shows and many books. More analysis should have been on exactly what light is, what particles it is made up of, why it travels so fast, and why nothing else can travel as fast as it does.

[@Sahilkumar-jc3yl]

I have heard that newton's law fails when a particle travels at a speed of light...... If yes then pls tell me or inform me if it is a rumor

[@SiNiSTASMiRK]

Freaky, I just saw the Ellen vid attempting to explain the fundamentals of black holes and left a comment saying do wave particle duality! haha.. The world is getting Quantum Fever. I LIKE IT!! ABOUT TIME!! No pun intended. ^_^ Keep up the great work guys!!

[@renuthakur3960]

If light is a wave then it needs some medium to propagate in vacuum ... Is it right so .... What is that medium .... And why we can't see it or feel it ... Like air We know sound is a wave it propagate in air we can feel it some times see it... But in vaccum we can't hear sound.. It means sound and light wave has different medium to propagate So ... Plz plz plz tell me which medium light wave travels in vaccum

[@manofculture4249]

Mechanical waves need medium to travel (like waves on water, sound waves). light is electromagnetic wave, electromagnetic waves don't need any medium to pass they can pass through vacuum. Also we can feel light (our eyes).

[@spedkaone]

I think Dnews missed an opportunity to mention the effect an observer has on the experiment.

[@deliciousbutter6077]

That would just make it a lot more complicated and people probably wouldn't understand.

[@spedkaone]

Mabey you're right, but it's just so interesting, and Dnews is all about interesting.

[@32nishchaysinghal4thc7]

Do photons produces em waves ? While oscillating ??

[@arxmechanica]

Light is a field pulse perturbation that's rate of induction is dependent on the medium in which it propagates. That is why light inaccurately appears to speed back up after passing through things like glass. It's not moving. It's not passing through anything. You're witnessing compressions and rarefactions of the pulse perturbation.

[@erinmurphy6993]

This is not just a property of light but all subatomic particles at the "quantum" level. That is all particles operating as homogenous groups of the same particles such as plasmas, ions, charged particles or any group of particle separated from there common surrounding via thermionic emission or arc discharge display particle/wave duality. What is interesting is that if the universe is composed of a "dark fluid" then one would expect to see such effects in cold states of matter at the Planck level.

[@Lobselvith]

So here is a interesting question, can light still be light without the waves or particles, that light seems to be made of? If not, then is it possible that light has similar characteristics to elements that are on the periodic table, at least in some way?

[@incanumix]

Obviously not. Light is not made up of atoms, protons, neutrons, nor electrons. It's made up of photons.

[@Antimatter3232]

Samofy But what are the substance/things that make up a photon?

[@hebopavlos]

Antimatter3232 Welcome to science friend...

[@FreshDesignsGFX]

Difficult questions: How did Einstein studied all this kind of stuff? What did he use? Which formulas? Etc. Etc.

[@akaMyThought]

Do a video on why eyebrow hair only grows to a certain length but hair on the scalp continues to grow. Thank you

[@frenchy137]

Check out this video for a more detailed explanation: Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment

[@simontechdev]

A particle vibrating/pulsing between different energy states/levels - different electro magnetic levels in a sinus like form that we refer to as waves.

[@SadNihilist]

just what we're learning in physics at the moment!

[@piffdiddyash]

Can you pleeaase do a video on the ORCH OR model of consciousness?

[@steddyeddy01]

So i heard the other day about this new type of battery that is called lithium-air thaw is supposed to have the same energy density as gasoline. I was wondering if you could explain a bit about how it works

[@viggobergstrom5823]

more videos of quantum mechanics pleas =)

[@steveforrester6173]

Why do we prefer warm food over cold food? Is it because in the past we wanted fresh meat (Warm) over meat that was killed yesterday (cold) ? Or could it be that we developed this later on, as cooked food would be sterilized, and cold food could have parasites? I'd like to hear about this, as no one seems to talk about it.

[@Fionadtp]

Hi! Can you do a video about Patience in the brain? How does impatience look like in the brain and our minds? What happens? Thank you!

[@RobertFoley]

I like it when she says "slits" hehe. Her ascent is intoxicating.

[@544608]

what website is the simulator

[@NishantSoniTV]

XNXX

[@jaspernaberman5216]

Can you guys make a video on black holes? On Space Friday maybe.. :)

[@rickanator65]

I love this channel :)

[@MrJamesl83]

Question from the TV show "The Big Bang Theory" Why does carban atoms traveling through the a graffine sheet act like they have no mass? it was said to behave like a wave at the end instead of particles. why is this?

[@iNemerAli]

Here is a question, please. What will happen if you: Start the experiment without the detectors on the side. The light start to behave like a wave. Then you add the detectors while the light is behaving like a wave to the experiment, to see where each photon goes. Would the light still change its behaving?

[@AndreyPavlovUS]

So is light a warticle or partave?

[@OmegaMegalodon]

awesome!

[@sjsj3585]

Light is Basically travels as a wave made of up of particles. So I differ from the traditional explaining of light as either Wave or Particle and can't be both a the same time. I Affirm that light is made up of tiny particles and travels across in the form of wave! This can be easily explained by the experiment of water flow or gas flow. The water when flows from a tiny hole it spreads in all directions but are made up of water tiny molecules H2O which are essentially particles. Similarly gas flows through a narrow opening and spreads in all directions ( either in air or in vacuum). even gas is made up of tiny particles . It is the same case with the air , when it flows through a narrow opening into the vacuum or to an region where the density of air is less. It spreads in all directions . but basically they too are made of tiny atoms or molecules of elements. The light has the characteristics of emitting or pushing the tiny photons or packs of energy in the form of waves in which the photons are again made of waves of energy having no mass, no form, no color but only warm presence. These photons particles are so tiny that they can pas through skin or flesh of animals, plants because of the pores or gaps in between the cells and can even pass through water or gas. So we can have Xrays or Radio waves that can travel across. They can even pass through vacuum and do not require a medium since the photons are pushed by its source and its reach depends upon force exerted by the source for pushing them across. In fact the reach of light made of photons can even be explained how far a man can extend his hand to touch anything. similarly a source of light can reach its light as far it can extend its light ray much like a man can extend his hand. So the light ray is the integral part of the source emitting it. We can actually reach the source of light through the ray of light or even can can make changes in ot or affect it someway if we are able to do that or able to withstand the heat of it ! We can reach the the planets, Sun and stars if we are able withstand their heat or affect them the way we want by travelling through the way of photons it emits. This is largely possible by light itself , that is by counter emitting photons from a source in which case the photons will travel through the path which the source of emitting photons already created through its waves to reach us. Another Fact is that the gravity of Earth and other planets is formed by emission of light by the Sun in our solar system. The photons emitted by the Sun reach the earth and heats of the land, sea and the air surrounding it , this heat gives a spin to the planet Earth and rotates in its axis since the other half of the Earth is not exposed to the Sun. The Earth travels around the Sun because the rotation around its axis gives a forward rotation to the Earth and the slight slanting of the Earth is due to the tiny circular motions of the Sun in its orbit. the Moon rotates around its axis and also around the Sun due to the direct emission of light from the sun and also by the gravitational pull of the Earth towards it. Since the distance between the Moon and Earth is relatively much smaller than the distance between the Sun and Moon , the Moon doesnot move around the Sun independently but rotates around the Sun because of the pull of the Earth which in fact drags it along with it while rotating around the Sun. The Gravity of the Earth is much higher to that of the moon because of the presence of water, air and vegetation on the Earth. In the near future Man will be able create life in the moon by creating the presence Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and Hydrogen in the moon which are the basic elements for life, water and vegetation. Utilizing the photon energy , he will be able to move much faster than now in space crafts and even travel through the air and Vacuum without using any transport but with the help of photon emitting sources(devices) By: Simplicius Faustin [e-mail], Mumbai.

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Can you make a video on what is the shape of a photon?

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Please make a video "What we saw exactly when we close our eyes".

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Don't tell me that he didn't " light " up inside when she called him cowboy. Lol

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I love Outrageous Acts of Science