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What If a Marshmallow Hit the Earth at the Speed of Light?

What If a Marshmallow Hit the Earth at the Speed of Light?



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A marshmallow meteorite hurtling straight toward Earth?

How would this sweet space object begin its descent toward our planet? Would the rapid speed of 99.9% of the speed of light, which is 299,792 km/s (186, 282 mps), cause the marshmallow to disintegrate in mid-air?

What would happen if a marshmallow traveling at light speed actually made contact with Earth?

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00:00 About marshmallows
01:40 Thank you, Grammarly!
02:39 Light speed
03:32 S’mores in space
5:10 Slow motion
06:51 Marshmallow meteorite

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What If a Marshmallow Hit the Earth at the Speed of Light? #Shorts

What If a Marshmallow Hit the Earth at the Speed of Light? #Shorts



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A marshmallow meteorite hurtling straight toward Earth? How would this sweet space object begin its descent toward our planet? Would the rapid speed of 99.9% of the speed of light, which is 299,792 km/s (186, 282 mps), cause the marshmallow to disintegrate in mid-air?

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DraftScience vs Video #4: more re: Veritasium wind car

DraftScience vs Video #4: more re: Veritasium wind car



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Was willfully created to Force reality to match religious daydreams. The history of its creation, defense, and eventual acceptance is a mockery of the scientific method. Truth was forsaken for agenda, evidence was exaggerated distorted and quote mined to support a plainly silly notion of reality…

“”If I’m in space and I throw a 2 L bottle of coke (2 kg) away from me at 1mph., do I received the same thrust if I shoot a dime (2 grams) away from me at 1000mph.? If so isn’t this proof against the kinetic energy formula?””

“”Is there any physical evidence defending the kinetic energy theorem? The theory says an 8 lb bowling ball will produce twice as much “energy” as a 16 pound ball thrown with the same effort. No pro bowler can make A lighter ball work. Why? “”

“”If I shoot two objects with inverse velocity to Mass ratios (for exp. 10m 5v vs 5m 10v) into gravity your formula says one object will have twice as much energy as the other at liftoff. If I let the objects fall, on an identical spring they will be recorded to impose the same pressure, the same joules of energy. How do you reconcile that fact with your theory? or Do you dispute the fact?””

“”Your theory says a 5-ton train going 10 miles an hour has twice as much energy–ability to do work as a 10 ton going 5 miles an hour. I claim you will never prove that to be true, and that if you actually collected the energy of the moving objects in a scientifically sensible manor it will be clearly demonstrated that they have the same capacity to do work.

Do you think a 5-ton 10 miles an hour train can do twice as much work has a 10 ton train going 5 miles an hour? Do you think you can create heat or deformation and transfer 100% of your momentum to another object?

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What makes things shiny?

What makes things shiny?



Why exactly are some things shiny? 

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Richard Feynman’s book on Quantum Electrodynamics:

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Science, ASK., Metals, Mirror, Understanding, Technology, Physics, Light, Refraction, Snell’s Law, Vsauce, Veritasium, Mark Rober, Minute Physics, Shiny, Reflective, Why, SciShow, science, Hank, Green, education, learn, light, color, metal, shine, neutrons, protons

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Why don't round lenses produce round images?

Why don't round lenses produce round images?



Why do cameras make square or rectangular photos?

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Chromatic aberration –

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Absorption spectrum of a few elements

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Sellmeier equation – Maksim

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Cheetah – Joshua Burke

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What If the Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning of the Universe?

What If the Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning of the Universe?



In the beginning, there was nothing. Then bang. Our Universe emerged in an explosion of light and energy. Current theories say that it all began 13.7 billion years ago. Or did it? Let’s shed some light on this. So, how fast is the Universe expanding? Will the Universe and everything in it ever die? And why could our Universe have existed before the Big Bang? What’s a singularity?

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