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It can be "bent" by passing through a medium of varying density, such as the image of a bent stick placed in a glass of water. This is known as refraction, where the speed of light is slightly lower through water, tricking our eyes into seeing a bent stick.
However, in very precise technical terms, light can actually be bent, as it is only radiation. Black holes bend light, which is literally why they are black. The light cannot escape the black holes super strong gravitational pull (If passing by, it may just bent.). The sun for instance, can bend light by 1/1000th of a degree, so tiny that when earth bends light, we may as well say it does not at all. That is why this question asks "Why doesn't light bend?".
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The larger the index of refraction the light will bend as it enters?
more the incoming light will be refracted (bend) in the material.
Does a light ray bend if it enters a glass block perpendicularly?
No, a light ray does not bend if it enters a glass block perpendicularly.
Does light refraction mean bend?
yes
What is used to bend light in binoculars?
A lens
What causes the light from far away galaxies to bend?
If the light from a distance galaxy passes near a massive cosmic object, then the gravity of that object will distort space-time. That will cause the light to bend.
What can bend light?
change of medium causes light to bend
Does light bend as it passes through materials?
Light is affected by the media that it travels through. Even air will bend light. Glass and water certainly bend light.
Do rainbows bend light?
No. Water droplets bend light to make rainbows.
When can light bend?
Light could bend when it enters a prism. A prism is a transparent object such as glass.
Does white light reflect or bend?
White light can reflect or bend, depending upon the circumstances.
Does light bend when it reflects on glass?
no , and its not calld 'bend' its called 'reflected' but its like bend but ITS NOT :)
How does light curve at all?
Light does not bend.
What conditions will bend light?
This phenomenon is called diffraction. when light is incident on the opaque substances having width comparable to wavelength of light then light bend.
Is light can be bent or refracted?
Well light can only bend. It was first discovered by Albert Estein,when he found out that light does bend. But am not sure about if light refract.
What does light have to do with eyeglasses?
Bend it
Can sound bend light?
no
What do eyeglasses do to light before it enters the eye?
bend it They bend the light so that the cornea and (eye) lens may focus the light on the retina.
