Name: Mike T. How do emitted photons instantaneously travel at
the speed of light since they were not accelerated? At one
instant there is no photon, and at the next instant, it
miraculously is already travelling at the speed of light. Hi,
Mike !! A photon - as you know - is an electromagnetic (EM) wave
. Its energy is described by e = h. n in a quantum of energy.
All EM waves travel in the vacuum with the speed of light. A
photon is a form of energy and results from transformations of
another forms of energy. When the photon appears it behaves like
all EM waves. It doest need to be accelerated. All bodies emit
EM waves, even a peace of ice. The question concerns more on the
frequency. If you see the light - visible light - it covers a
range of wave length between 400 and 700 nanometers. When you
mention in your question that "...emitted photons
instantaneously travel at speed of light and were not
accelerated..." than you are thinking like a particle behaviour
that needs to be accelerated, right ?? Than, we