All_About_Space_-_Issue_94_2020

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Speedoflight,c

Thelinkbetweenmassandenergyis

thespeedoflightina vacuum– whichis

actually 300 millionmetrespersecond

(670millionmilesperhour)– squared.

PhysicistsattheLargeHadronCollider

observeparticlestravellingatthese

speedstoobservethistransformation

frommasstoenergy,orviceversa.

Mass,m
Throughoneprocessoranother,whetherthat
benuclearfusionorannihilation,masscanbe
takenfromitsphysicalformandconvertedto
anenergeticform.Thisisthefoundationof
physicsthatledtothecreationoftheatomic
bombwhichconcludedWorldWarII,where
theytooka concentrationofmassandthen
introducednuclearfusion,whichcreatesan
intractableexplosionofenergy.

E=MC

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