Light & Black Holes: Can Massless Light be Sucked?

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Light, despite being massless, is affected by gravity due to the curvature of spacetime around massive objects like black holes. Photons follow the geometry of spacetime, which allows them to be drawn into black holes. The concept of weight (W=mg) does not apply to massless particles, as gravity influences them through their energy and momentum. This interaction leads to the phenomenon where light can be "sucked" into a black hole, contributing to its event horizon. Understanding this principle is crucial for grasping the nature of black holes and general relativity.

Mar 16, 2010

anthonych414

Hello, I have a question, since light has no mass how can it be sucked by a black hole, doesn't anything with no mass have zero weight (W=mg), or are photons somehow attracted to black holes?

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Mar 16, 2010

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Please read Msg. #8 in the FAQ thread in the General Physics forum.

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