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What's It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 4: The Hot View


An accelerating observer finds their empty vacuum glowing with real particles, a bizarre effect called Unruh radiation. It's a cousin to Hawking radiation, but with no black hole required, just a rocket and its throttle.

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