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Imagine a big sheet. If you place a large object on it, it will bend. Imagine that the sheet is the space-time continuum, and the large object is a star. If, with our sheet model, you try to roll a marble past the object, it will at least curve its path, if not fall into the large object. The same applies to any object in space, even the photons of light. As they go past a star or other large object, they bend. I hope this helped.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoBasically as light approaches bodies it gets bent. Although the objects have to be very big; for example our Sun. The bodies have to be big because small bodies do not have big strong gravitational fields, they have small, weak gravitational fields. Whereas big bodies have big and strong gravitational fields. This is due to its mass, and I am not gonna get into more detail cause it's not needed to answer the question.
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∙ 11y agoBlack holes can bend light simply because their gravitational force is so strong that even light cannot escape it.
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What thing in this universe can bend the light?
According to Einestein's theory of general relativity, any massive body that causes an appreciable distortion in its surrounding space-time can bend light (e.g. large stars, black holes, etc.). Light that enters the event horizon of black holes are bent so much that it can never leave the black hole.
Why doesn't light bend?
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?".
What can light not escape from?
black holes
Why is light attracted to a black hole?
Light is not only attracted to a black hole, in fact, its attracted to you, to me and to everything made of matter in the universe. The problem is that light is affected by gravity, and the black holes have so much that light significantly change trajectory or the black holes absorb the photons
Is the speed of light effected by black holes?
Nope.. Light always travels at the same speed. However, black holes do affect the trajectory of the photons, hense diverting the direction of the light.
What thing in this universe can bend the light?
According to Einestein's theory of general relativity, any massive body that causes an appreciable distortion in its surrounding space-time can bend light (e.g. large stars, black holes, etc.). Light that enters the event horizon of black holes are bent so much that it can never leave the black hole.
Why doesn't light bend?
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?".
What is a burst of light from a black hole?
Bursts of light from black holes are the result of the accretion (or "consumption") of matter by black holes. Quasars are an example of this.
What can light not escape from?
black holes
What are the stars that emit no light?
Black dwarfs of black holes.
How did blackholes get their name?
black holes have such great gravity that nothing, not even light can escape them. That is why they were named "black holes".
Why are black holes different to locate?
While black holes give off radio waves, the fact that no light can escape, or be reflected off of, black holes makes them completely invisible to any regular light-capturing device.
Why is light attracted to a black hole?
Light is not only attracted to a black hole, in fact, its attracted to you, to me and to everything made of matter in the universe. The problem is that light is affected by gravity, and the black holes have so much that light significantly change trajectory or the black holes absorb the photons
Is the speed of light effected by black holes?
Nope.. Light always travels at the same speed. However, black holes do affect the trajectory of the photons, hense diverting the direction of the light.
Why did black hole lose their light?
Because black holes are of such density that even light can no escape them, they don't radiate any light and are black.
Why black holes are black for kids?
Black holes are blavk because their gracity is so strong that light cannot escape for us to see.
What things in space absorb light?
Black holes.
