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How does black hole suck light? [duplicate]
I was asked the same by my friend. I said that gravitational attraction also occurs for high energy particles .
My friend said photon is not so very high energy particle which I found on net. He ...
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Photons and Black holes [duplicate]
A black hole is listed as "a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it" One ...
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'Hovering' light rays on the edge of a black hole
According to Prof. Hawking, light rays will 'hover' on the edge of a black hole. If this is true, and the light 'stops' on the edge, how can the electric/magnetic fields which, constitute the light, ...
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Why can't light escape a blackhole? [duplicate]
Gravity attracts objects which have mass right. We know that light is massless so why does a black hole's gravity attract light?
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Why is it hard to detect a black hole
I've read in some texts that we can't directly observe a black hole in space because not even light can escape from its gravity. Some of the indirect observational methods mentioned are, gravitational ...
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What is the effect of gravity on gamma rays?
I read an article about a Gamma Ray burst linked to a black hole. How does high gravity fields affect gamma rays?