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Q: Does light travel in a straight light or can it bend?
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Why does light travel straight?

light travels in a straight line because it can only be bend by reflective objects.


What is the name of when light travel in a straight line?

Normal. It takes a lot of mass to bend light.


Can we make light travel in a non straight path?

Yes; light is known to bend around planets, due to gravity.


What kind of line does light travel?

Normally light travels in a straight line. However, it has been demonstrated that gravity can bend the path of light.


Did the light travel in a straight path through the air before it reached the bowl of water?

Light always travels in a straight line. It's direction can be changed, by reflection or refraction, but it does not bend.


How does a solar eclipse show that light travels in straight?

If light did not travel in a straight line then the light would just bend around the body that is suppose to be making a shadow and no shadow would be observed. as there is a shadow cast by that body this proves that light does not bend and in fact travels in a straight line.


Does light bend when it goes near the gravitational field of a black hole or does the light travel in a straight line through the space that has been bent by the intense gravity?

It has been prooved by General Theory of Relativity that light is affected by gravitation........


What helps to show light rays travel in straight lines?

To remember this think of you are looking directly at a building a car crash happens behind this building. You know this from the sound produced that can travel in all directions past the building. You cannot see it because as light dose not bend under normal circumstances and will only travel in straight lines. Even if reflected using a combination of mirrors it still travels in straight lines.


Do light travel in wave or in a straight path?

Light travels in straight paths because of its reflection


When does light travel in straight line?

no it does not


How do light rays travel light ray?

Light Rays travel in straight paths as transverse waves. It needs no medium to travel along.


Why doesn't light travel as straight or far in water as in air?

There are more things for the light waves to bounce off of in water, so light can not travel in a straight line or as far.