In the study of ballistics, you can do very little without knowing the velocity of a projectile. Whether you need to hit a target at over a mile, check if a paintball gun is safe for opposing players, ...

And that is absolutely 100% accurate, with no measurement errors. But Jack, I hear you say, what are you talking about? The reason we know that that's exactly the speed of light, is that we defined it ...

In the summer of 1926, an experimental beam of light pierced the night sky between two precisely measured peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains, and science history was made. Virtually unseen by the ...

It is hard to remember that a lot of high tech research went on well before the arrival of electronic computers, lasers, and all the other things that used to be amazing but are now commonplace.

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

No matter how fast you move, the light will always catch you. Nowadays we take the speed of light for granted. It's a fundamental constant of the universe: light simply travels at the speed it does ...

You probably know the speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second. What does that mean in layman's terms? According to At-Bristol's Ross Exton, you can prove the speed of light... using chocolate.