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If photons have no mass, how will a black hole drag in light?

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  • DLM
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Your question implies a knowledge of Newton's model of gravity, but lacks a knowledge of Einstein's model of general relativity.

    The black hole warps the "fabric" of space time, so much, that the light follows the curvature of space and falls in.

  • 1 decade ago

    Good question :)

    It has nothing to do with light's mass or a black hole 'dragging light in'.

    Light just follows the curvature of space created by the immense gravity of a black hole.

    Black holes kinda warp the geometry of space.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Light goes in a "straight" line. All gravity bends space so that light actually curves around a little. Near a black hole space gets so far curved that the light going in a "straight" line can actually orbit the black hole or turn all the way in.

  • eri
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The immense gravitational field of a black hole warps the space around it, and light follows the shape of space - right into the black hole if it passes close enough.

  • 1 decade ago

    Black Holes drag in anything and everything.

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