In diamond, which is one of the densest transparent substances, light travels at forty % of its speed in a vacuum. So diamonds are the brakes of light. They put on t brakes for lighth the sloam down. The slower something moves in the medium, the more it refracts when it bends going through it. What makes diamonds sparkle is light comes in in one place, it multiply internally and pops out another place.
What happens when three black holes collide? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore even more cosmic collisions in space, in the quantum realm, and more!
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