{"id":205187,"date":"2024-02-09T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T11:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/einstein-may-be-wrong-about-how-mirrors-travelling-at-light-speed-work\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:58","slug":"einstein-may-be-wrong-about-how-mirrors-travelling-at-light-speed-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/einstein-may-be-wrong-about-how-mirrors-travelling-at-light-speed-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Einstein may be wrong about how mirrors travelling at light speed work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08144128\/SEI_190434873.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2416433 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"abstract image of light\" width=\"1349\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Imagine Photographer\/Getty Images\" data-caption=\"How does a mirror travelling at light speed behave? We may now know\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">How does a mirror travelling at light speed behave? We may now know<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Imagine Photographer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over a century ago, Albert Einstein found a paradox during a thought experiment involving mirrors moving at the speed of light. Now, a new set of calculations may have unravelled it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you search the internet for \u2018what would you see in a mirror moving at the speed of light?\u2019 you will find intense discussions on physics-related forums. Curiously enough, none of the proposed answers are correct,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=O1ei02sAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Sergei Bulanov<\/a> at the ELI Beamlines Facility in the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2416211-einstein-may-be-wrong-about-how-mirrors-travelling-at-light-speed-work\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] How does a mirror travelling at light speed behave? 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