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The speed of light is a fundamental universal constant that marks the maximum speed at which energy and information can propagate. Its value is $299792458\frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{s}}$.

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Are we seeing everything in a delayed manner?

The speed of light in any medium is given by the speed of light in vacuum divided by the relative refractive index of the given material. Now the relative refractive index of vacuum is obviously one. …
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Why is speed of light in vacuum absolute?

While studying special relativity at Khan Academy (a website) they took an example where a person was at the centre of an inertial frame of reference and was at rest and exactly at time equals 0 a f …
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