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Does gravity bents light

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10y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Gravity will bend (influence) the path of photons (light). This effect is minimal: you would need A LOT of mass (like a black hole or a neutron star) and a very long distance for the photon to travel and to be measured to notice this effect.

It is a little strange, as photons are considered to be massless, and should not be influenced by the mass (gravity) of another object.

1. Photons have energy; energy is mass (more or less); mass is affected by gravity.

2. Photons are probably affected by gravity, but you have to worry about refraction of light about a star. So, I think, the total angle is not due to gravity alone. Of course, maybe refraction is a gravity thing?

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