PhanTomCat said:

ToTheSummit said:

Although it is true that a photon born at the center of a star can take millenia to reach the surface and escape the star, my understanding is that this is due to the erratic course taken by said photon.  In otherwords, the photon is still travelling at the "normal" speed for light, but its interaction with other particles causes a zig-zag path that may be a thousand light years long before its exit from the star.  When a star explodes the shock wave does not exceed the speed of those photons, it just takes a direct path outward sweeping up everything in its path (including the photons).

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Awww DAMN, you beat me to it....!   
That was on the most recent episode of "The Universe" - "Secrets of the Sun" on the Discovery or Science channel....     


>^;;^<

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heh, was thinking the same thing

good job guys.