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Neutron star crash in a galaxy far, far... far away spews 'faster than light' radio signal jets at Earth

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As with any mathematical model, a key point is that it's not unique

Actually it's pretty much unique.

Can't find the paper now, but you either have Newton/Galileo (infinite max speed) or Special Relativity (less than infinite max speed), with exactly the Lorentz Contractions observed to make the math consistent under assumption of observer independence.

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