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The lat, the lon, both?

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Imagine a light bright enough to light up the universe and a piece of paper 1 light year wide and tall. The light travels at the speed of light, but if we block it with an object close to its source, the light much much further away will be stopped from projecting onto the paper. If it was a planet that took a day to cross the path of the light relative to the sheet of paper it’s shadow would be seen moving across 365x the speed of light. That darkness sweeping across from lack of light can be much faster than the speed of light because it has no limit.

Don't gravitational waves propagate at the same rate as the speed of light?

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It's just omnipresent

Lol…..

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Because it’s the same number

Well, the first sentence actually reads “Darkness travels at the speed of light” which is exactly what OP said, so what’s your point?

Or a terrible super villain name.

thats just how quickly the light leaves so its still the speed of light

Dude, take it easy with those brownies

Was looking for this

It’s like saying 0 apples have weight. No, it doesn’t, darkness is an absence of light, it is not a thing.

It’s like saying 0 apples have weight. No, it doesn’t, darkness is an absence of light, it is not a thing.

Sshh, there is a thing called “Google”, where you can verify almost anything.

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Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light relative to us. That’s what’s fucked up, and why such speeds bend time itself.

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I'm sure I've snorted that in my youth

"Dark speed" sounds like an idea in a shitty sci fi

I think most energy waves, or in a certain spectrum, travel at the speed of light, so radio waves travel at a speed equal to the speed of light too.