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How to rule out that the speed of light was different in the past?
The constancy of the speed of light is a fundamental principle in modern physics, and it is supported by a wide range of current experimental evidence.
There is no evidence to suggest that the speed ...
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Is light actually faster than what our present measurements tell us?
It is well established that the light speed in a perfect vacuum is roughly $3\times 10^8 \:\rm m/s$. But it is also known that outer space is not a perfect vacuum, but a hard vacuum. So, is the speed ...