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The beam of light from a laser on a rotating turntable casts into space. At some distance, the beam moves across space faster than $c.$ Why doesn’t this contradict relativity?
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The laser is shooting light upwards while the turntable is rotating. The path of the light beam from this laser will form a helical structure in space. Show more…
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