What If The Speed of Light is NOT CONSTANT?

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One of the most fundamental physics facts is that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers. But can we really be sure that the speed of light wasn’t different in the past, or perhaps in other parts of the universe? In fact, variable speed of light theories have long been used to try to explain everything from dark energy to gravity itself. Let’s explore how constant this fundamental constant really is.

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Light & Relativity
01:49 Is the Speed of Light Invariant?
05:13 First VSL Theory
06:43 VSL & The Horizon Problem
09:09 Moffat's VSL Proposal
09:46 Albercht & Mageuijo's VSL
10:37 Are VSL Theories Testable?
12:58 VSL & Refractive Index of the Universe
13:56 Is there VSL Evidence?
14:51 Comments