http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/26/light-gets-tired-and-turns-red/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:28:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/26/light-gets-tired-and-turns-red/comment-page-1/#comment-5293 Blah, Blah, Blahg » Light gets tired, slows down - perhaps an old age issue? Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:13:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/26/light-gets-tired-and-turns-red/#comment-5293 [...] While some people might try to tell you that light is subject to the doppler effect, the authors of this article from the November 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix magazine know otherwise. The reality is, after travelling for centuries and centuries to reach earth, the light is tired, and slows down as a result. My theory is the light just wants to stop and smell the roses, seeing how Earth is the only planet around that has roses. Now I can’t confirm that Earth is the only nearby planet with roses, but I’ve got a pretty strong conviction on this. [...] [...] While some people might try to tell you that light is subject to the doppler effect, the authors of this article from the November 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix magazine know otherwise. The reality is, after travelling for centuries and centuries to reach earth, the light is tired, and slows down as a result. My theory is the light just wants to stop and smell the roses, seeing how Earth is the only planet around that has roses. Now I can’t confirm that Earth is the only nearby planet with roses, but I’ve got a pretty strong conviction on this. [...]

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