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Light is the fastest-moving thing in the universe. So what would happen if the speed of light were much, much slower? In a vacuum, the speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 ...

The universe has a speed limit, and it's the speed of light. Nothing can travel faster than light — not even our best spacecraft — according to the laws of physics. So, what is the speed of light?