Do photons wear out? Astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances

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electromagnetic radiation: basically, an electric wave and a magnetic wave coupled together and travelling through space-time. It has no mass. That point is critical because the mass of an

object, whether a speck of dust or a spaceship, limits the top speed it can travel through space.PTILast Updated : 21 May 2025, 11:17 IST Follow Us :

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