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Old 01-06-2014, 10:12 AM
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Does a photon automatically travel at the speed of light?
If I created a photon in a vacuum would it automatically move off from it's point of creation at the speed of light?
Yes and yes.
If they weren't traveling at c they would have no mass/energy and not even exist.
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