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By Josh McNamara
| October 5, 2011
The particle physics project Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus in Gran Sasso, Italy generated sensational press last week, publishing data which appeared to contradict dogmas of modern physics.
Since the theory of relativity was postulated by Einstein, the speed of light has been regarded as a fundamental physical constant, and it is the physical measure by which the meter is defined (exactly 1/ 299,792,458 the distance light travels in a second). The speed of light mathematically relates space and time, and is the proportion which equates mass and energy (E=mc^2). No quantity of matter or energy has ever been observed with confidence to exceed light speed.