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How fast do different parts of the em spectrum travel in a vacuum

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They all travel at the same speed, as long as they're all in the same medium.

In vacuum, that speed is 299,792,458 meters per second.

We usually use (3 x 10⁸ meters per second) for schoolwork, because it's
so close and so easy to handle, and we usually call it "the speed of light".
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They can travel over 186,000 miles per second
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