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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (49897)	4/10/2002 11:23:47 PM
From: TREND1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Zeev The "speed of light is not constant ?" was not on TV but a very serious paper. They are going an experiment right now. Larry Dudash

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (49897)	4/10/2002 11:30:39 PM
From: jjstingray	Respond to of 99280

Zeev, do you see the crap a mild crap? Boy does that sound funny. I ask because I have some puts I need to get rid of and am hoping for a retest of that 1733 area. Thank you sir and have a wonderful night.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (49897)	4/10/2002 11:33:22 PM
From: TREND1	Respond to of 99280

Speed Of Light May Not Be Constant, Physicist Suggests A University of Toronto professor believes that one of the most sacrosanct rules of 20th-century science -- that the speed of light has always been the same - is wrong. Ever since Einstein proposed his special theory of relativity in 1905, physicists have accepted as fundamental principle that the speed of light -- 300 million metres per second -- is a constant and that nothing has, or can, travel faster. John Moffat of the physics department disagrees - light once travelled much faster than it does today, he believes. Recent theory and observations about the origins of the universe would appear to back up his belief. For instance, theories of the origin of the universe -- the "Big Bang"- suggest that very early in the universe's development, its edges were farther apart than light, moving at a constant speed, could possibly have travelled in that time. To explain this, scientists have focused on strange, unknown and as-yet-undiscovered forms of matter that produce gravity that repulses objects. Moffat's theory - that the speed of light at the beginning of time was much faster than it is now - provides an answer to some of these cosmology problems. "It is easier for me to question Einstein's theory than it is to assume there is some kind of strange, exotic matter around me in my kitchen." His theory could also help explain astronomers' discovery last year that the universe's expansion is accelerating. Moffat's paper, co-authored with former U of T researcher Michael Clayton, appeared in a recent edition of the journal Physics Letters. CONTACT: Bruce Rolston U of T Public Affairs (416) 978-6974 bruce.rolston@utoronto.ca