article_snippet: one scientist claims that if you shine a powerful enough laser pointer on the moon from Earth and sweep their study across the surface, the 'spot of light' could appear to move faster than the speed of light.
article_snippet: This is because, in this hypothetical scenario, if another person standing on a moon attempted to shine a light across the moon at the same time, it would take longer. '
article_snippet: The stream of particles (photons) from your laser pointer can sequentially impact the moon so that another light beam - confined to the surface of the moon - could not keep up,' physics professor Dr Robert Nemiroff from Michigan Tech University told MailOnline.
article_snippet: In physics professor Dr Robert Nemiroff from Michigan Tech University paper physics professor Dr Robert Nemiroff from Michigan Tech University explained that, although light takes about 0.0116 seconds to cross the moon, a person standing on Earth can sweep a laser pointer across the moon's surface in less time.