So its been a while and after many moths of silence I am back to ask more hair-brained questions. so with out further suspense.......

OK seriously, lets talk radiation, well sort of how about radiant energy. the universe is full of a multitude of stars. these stars radiate energy, Ultraviolet energy. As each one spews forth the power to bake the skin off a planet, or a sun bunny in LA, the universe is thus filled with energy, with me so far? OK now the fun questions, would it be safe to be floating in space with out radiation protection? No radiant UV rays do not stop at some point in the solar system, as per the laws of physics with out an equal and opposite force the would neither slow or stop. Oh and for those who would try to say they are scattered due to objects floating in space, well there are lots of stars out there so eventually like I said they would be every where. any how that is not my point. My point is they don't behave as the mass rules predict they should. ever notice that you can close the window and sit in the sun behind the window and still get sun burnt. it just takes longer, wonder why that is.... maybe cause radiant energy has variant mass, or maybe cause after a while the window is sort of lased with the energy and thus becomes like a curtain and admits its own kind. ever notice the wind is not capable of stopping the suns rays wonder why that is. or for that matter the wind cannot stop the photons of light, obviously they are not struck by wind otherwise we could see it, wind that is.

OK cant let all the kittens out of the bag but here is some neat stuff to think about.

You do realize that TV signals and wireles signals and other signals are all radiation and all are travelling through your body right now.
Well at least TV signals and radio signals.

Questions are always cool.

But most questions can be answered by statistically strong valid and reliable information from oodles of experts and mountains of data. Today it's so great that we can find so much info with a few clicks. Like Google and Wikipedia and way more. A crucial key is understanding basic scientific methodology so you know how to evaluate information.

The fun is taking the time and effort to explore the available info and finding the discrepancies that identify the questions that puzzle everybody. Then the speculations are a real challenge for everyone.

Of course photons are always interesting. Observations of photons are now mathematically modeled with great utility, but no one knows for sure what is actually taking place. They have no observed rest mass, but they do a lot and there is no way to get away from them entirely. How they interact with other things depends on their wavelength and they show a spectrum of effects.

Some photons go through you and most other stuff unnoticed, but they break molecules and maybe you find out later.

Some will fry your skin but don't get inside you.

Some enable you to see what's going on.

Some help keep you warm.

Some cooked a few unlucky sailors doing maintenance on an aircraft carrier superstructure near the radar dish.

Some go through you unnoticed but enable you to watch TV and enable astronomers to image lots of things out there.

Yes but what is it??? What is it?

OK say lets shrug off the teachings of said great minds as my favorites Plato and Einstein did and think for a moment in a rash state. suppose even photons are radiation of a sort, suppose based on the uncommon belief that the universe is nothing but energy, could it not be postulated that photons crashing into more dense mass such as a car or tree, release just enough energy for our mind to pick up the frequency of said energy and translate it as sight, thus causing every person to have a different perception? I think maybe the energy we see and feel everyday is due to said collisions? are radio waves truly radiation ore simply the excited energy of atoms and molecules agitated by a strong frequency In a said direction? think on it!

Photons.

oh and another thought I had this one is surely to make a few enemies, we believe in our science as much as religious people believe in their religion. Ask your self this what do we compare the theories to to make them real, to make them say the laws of physics, what would happen if you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that god was just the answers our un-intelligent minds made up to help deal with the reality of our death. No turn the tables and ask this what if someone broke the laws of physics in front of you, would your rational mind run in fear, would a priest be reduced to a driveling fool? oh and trust that I have no religious honors in any way in fact I am as bored with it as I am modern science.

We compare them with what actually happens in the physical universe.

OK Alex G, but , and please all the math enthusiasts bare with me a moment i do not intend to offend, But say all you have to go on is math as an answer, like the speed of light, how was that actually tested? I have researched it but like some other topics the truth is hidden, no I take that back I have not discovered for my self the truth by finding the reference to any original tests. They elude me as does many things this day. But that is not quite the point, and please do not focus specifically on the speed of light, but the science to find the answer is what I am after.

It was actually tested by sending a beam of light over a measured distance and timing how long it took to arrive.

The predictions of theories are tested by experiment and observation. That is how the theories can be confirmed or falsified. The theory makes a predicition, which is compared against the results of experiment or by observation. If the prediction is accurate, it is a point in the theory's favor. If the prediction is shown to be wrong, the theory is wrong.