Mexico Joes Blogs » Physics http://mexicojoes.org Just another Mexicojoes.org weblog Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hypothetically, could something travel faster than the speed of light if it’s traveling in a different medium? http://mexicojoes.org/2010/01/04/hypothetically-could-something-travel-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-if-its-traveling-in-a-different-medium/ http://mexicojoes.org/2010/01/04/hypothetically-could-something-travel-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-if-its-traveling-in-a-different-medium/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:32:32 +0000 admin http://mexicojoes.org/2010/01/04/hypothetically-could-something-travel-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-if-its-traveling-in-a-different-medium/
Joop asked:

My Optics lecturer said something about how since light travels in a vacuum, you could, potentially, have something travel faster in a different medium, one other than a vacuum.

True or false?

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