potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoLiterally exactly how it works, too.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1559
arrow-up1559imageLiterally exactly how it works, too.lemmy.worldpotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days agoYep! The only way to “see” a photon is to actually absorb it. You can’t just detect it as it goes by, it has to be absorbed and reemitted, and that has an effect on it.
Yep! The only way to “see” a photon is to actually absorb it. You can’t just detect it as it goes by, it has to be absorbed and reemitted, and that has an effect on it.