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 as described by Einstein's General Relativity. Photons, the particles of light, follow the geodesics of spacetime, which can lead them into black holes. This phenomenon explains how black holes can "suck" in light, as their immense gravitational pull warps the surrounding space. The discussion references Msg. #8 in the FAQ thread for further clarification on this topic.

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

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