potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoLiterally exactly how it works, too.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1560
arrow-up1560imageLiterally exactly how it works, too.lemmy.worldpotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months 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.