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Q: Who is theory showed that gravity affects light?
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There are actually two theories of relativity, the special theory and the general theory. In the special theory (1905) Einstein showed the relationship between energy, motion and mass. In the General theory (1912) he showed the relationship between acceleration, Time and gravity.


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Did newton formulate a theory of natural light?

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What effects Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicts that gravity has on light?

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If light has mass then it cannot travel at the speed of light if it has no mass it would not be affected by gravity Therefore the math for the infinite mass theory at light-speed must be reexamined?

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If light is not matter then how does a black hole attract it?

Although light has no mass in the usual sense, it does feel the effects of gravity because of the curvature of spacetime. In his general theory, Einstein called it 'gravitation' and showed that light would travel only in straight lines (geodesics) through curved space. Near an intense gravity source like a black hole this might appear to a distant observer as if the light path curves inwards to the black hole. The general theory was later verified through astronomical observations and other experiments. Einstein liked curved space. In (non-curved) Euclidean space, however, the photon is energy and is attracted by other masses gravitationally. Choose your explanation. After all, what is curvature but a model for gravity.