What I Learnt Today: Two Scientist's Plan On Challenging Einstein’s Theory On The Speed Of Light
Modern Science has come this far with one thing constant, the speed of light, which had been adopted by the scientific world community after the publication of Albert Einstein's theory.
But it seems that two scientists, Joao Magueijo from Imperial College London and Niayesh Afshordi from the Perimeter Institute in Canada, have developed a new theory which is challenging, and could potentially replace, the theories of Einstein, if they can prove it!
In fact, it seems Joao Magueijo had proposed this radical idea in 1998, but it had not taken off as there was no methods developed to test this. But now, they seem to have developed just such a method, and are ready to demonstrate their theory, which may change a lot of things in modern science as we know it now.
This piece of news had me excited, because if they are successful, the impact shall be profound. Everything we know about the origins of the universe has been influenced by the fact that speed of light is a constant here on earth and in space. If in case that is proven not to be true, it would open up a huge black hole for researchers, who will have to go back to their drawing boards and start all over again. And that will be only one of the things which will require looking over, among countless others which are based on the same assumption.
The interesting part of the research is the fact that they postulate the speed of light could have been faster in the early universe and here is what Joao Magueijo himself had to say about the theory:
The theory, which we first proposed in the late-1990s, has now reached a maturity point – it has produced a testable prediction
The duo have a published a paper today, the 28th of Nov. 2016 in the Physical Review, a American peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics, a publication of the American Physical Society.
- The page at Physical Review where you can download the PDF
- http://www.inquisitr.com/3749107/is-the-speed-of-light-variable-scientists-challenge-albert-einsteins-theory-of-relativity/
- http://www.techtimes.com/articles/187113/20161127/variable-not-constant-speed-of-light-theory-challenging-einstein-s-physics-can-now-be-tested.htm
- http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/Theory-that-challenges-Einstein%E2%80%99s-physics-may-soon-be-tested/article16710558.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/Theory-that-challenges-Einstein%E2%80%99s-physics-may-soon-be-tested/article16710558.ece
- http://www.pulseheadlines.com/physics-theory-challenging-einsteins-tested/55493/
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great news .... I think Einstein will pass again :)
Let us wait and see! Thank you @royalmacro.