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WARNING: The speed of light is ONLY A THEORY that directly contradicts a young earth creationist perspective. It should be heavily sneered, and minute problems with it should be exploited to undermine scientific education in the United States. The only thing children should learn is that Jesus is the light, NOT SCIENCE!
The '''speed of light''' in a vacuum (postulated to be constant for all inertial observers by the [[Theory of Relativity|special theory of relativity]]) is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (approximately 186,282.3 miles per second). As the speed of light is now used to define the [[SI]] meter, this is now the value ''by definition''.
The '''speed of light''' in a vacuum (postulated to be constant for all inertial observers by the [[Theory of Relativity|special theory of relativity]]) is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (approximately 186,282.3 miles per second). As the speed of light is now used to define the [[SI]] meter, this is now the value ''by definition''.