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Theoretically they do
Not theoretically, they do travel in waves.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoSort of. They travel in geodesic curves. It just so happens that except near large concentrations of mass, geodesic curves are close enough to straight lines that you can generally treat them as if they were straight lines.
Near very massive objects, geodesics get bent, which is why gravitational lensing works. The Sun is massive enough to bend space detectably, and people making very careful measurements have actually observed these curved geodesics affecting light rays travelling very near the Sun.
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∙ 14y agoNo, light waves don't always travel in a straight line although they do move away from a source in a straight line
Magnetic forces and other kind of interference have the ability to bend and refract light waves; such as black holes.
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Light does not travel in wavy lines, sound travels in wavy lines.
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∙ 15y agoin a way it does. no light travels in straight lines but it can bounce off mirrors and things like that
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∙ 11y agoWhen reflecting through objects like optic fibers path is zigzag.
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∙ 11y agoVisible light is emitted and absorbed in tiny "packets" called photons, and exhibits properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as the wave-particle duality.
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Yes light travels as waves.
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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.
Who discovered that light travels in straight line?
Ibn al-Haytham (965 in Basra - c. 1040 in Cairo) a Muslim scientist, proved that rays of light travel in straight lines, and carried out various experiments with lenses, mirrors,refraction, and reflection. He was also the first to reduce reflected and refracted light rays into vertical and horizontal components, which was a fundamental development in geometric optics.Book of Optics.(Ibn al-Haytham)
Some fast do light rays travel?
Yes, they travel some fast!
Do visible light and x-rays travel through different medians?
Visible light and x-rays are both forms of electromagnetic radiation, and do not require a medium to travel through.
How fast do x rays travel through a vacuum?
X-rays are a kind of electromagnetic radiation - similar to light. They travel at the speed of light through a vacuum - about 300 million meters/second.X-rays are a kind of electromagnetic radiation - similar to light. They travel at the speed of light through a vacuum - about 300 million meters/second.X-rays are a kind of electromagnetic radiation - similar to light. They travel at the speed of light through a vacuum - about 300 million meters/second.X-rays are a kind of electromagnetic radiation - similar to light. They travel at the speed of light through a vacuum - about 300 million meters/second.
Why do light rays travel in straight lines?
It does not, it travels as a wave
How does light rays always travel?
In straight lines (well, "geodesic" might be a better term), and at the speed of light in the medium they're in.
How do light rays travel light ray?
Light Rays travel in straight paths as transverse waves. It needs no medium to travel along.
What does the sun's rays shine in a straight line?
the travel in straight lines because of the atomsphe
Light rays travel in a straight line.?
true
What is it called when a group of rays are travelling in straight lines?
Beam of light
How does light ray travel?
Light rays travel in straight paths as transverse waves. It needs no medium to travel along.
What do you call the straight path that light travels?
light travels in straight paths called rays
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.
Why can you represent light rays using a ruler?
Because light rays travel in straight line just like a ruler/scale. We can represent it with anything which is straight like a ruler...
Why can you not see round corners?
All electromagnetic radiation from VHF and higher frequencies (including visible light) travels only in straight lines. However these frequencies will reflect off certain surfaces, one surface that visible light reflects off is a mirror, which if properly arranged can be used to see around corners.
When light passes from water to air the light rays are what?
If you are referring to a situation in which light is reflected from water back into the air, then the light rays are "polarized." All light rays travel in straight lines, but polarized light is light that enters a medium from many directions, but are exited (reflected or refracted or merely cut out, like in sunglasses) in one direction.
