Faster-Than-Light Speeds Could Be Why Gamma-Ray Bursts Seem to Go Backwards in Time

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  1. wgabrie

    wgabrie Well-Known Member Donor

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    (Please note that this is not the speed of light in a vacuum but the speed of light in a medium.)

    So, these gamma rays are moving faster than light in a medium, through the jets, and appear to be going backward through time. This is so interesting to me because it shows that things can move faster, in a medium, than the speed of light.

    Although it's a lot less interesting than I thought because the first time I read it I thought that it was actually talking about the speed of light in a vacuum. That was yesterday. When I re-read it today I realized I misunderstood.

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    Faster-Than-Light Speeds Could Be Why Gamma-Ray Bursts Seem to Go Backwards in Time
    https://www.sciencealert.com/faster...gamma-ray-bursts-seem-to-go-backwards-in-time

    Gamma Rays May Move Faster Than Light, Causing Them To Go ‘Backwards In Time,’ Say Researchers
    https://www.inquisitr.com/5931257/gamma-rays-faster-light-time-travel/
     
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    Don't get it. If this is an observation then how? How can someone "see" something move back in time?
     
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    wgabrie Well-Known Member Donor

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    They see another identical pattern farther along the jet.
     

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