How does gravity bend light?

How does gravity bend light Asked by Roughrider 16 days ago Similar questions: gravity bend light Science > Physics.

Not easy to explain. The usual explanation is to say that gravity "warps" space, and then from the light's point of view, it's still taking a straight path, but through warped space. That's about all you can say without getting into the deep mathematical aspects of Special Relativity.

Light is a particle called a photon. A photon has mass therefore it can be affected by large stellar masses. Dark Matter around some galaxies can create a gravitational lense.It is very cool.

The star appears to be in two locations, but it actuals is the image on both sides of the gravitational lense.

Wiki writes:"The photon is massless,Note 2 has no electric charge,12 and does not decay spontaneously in empty spacecitation needed. A photon has two possible polarization states and is described by exactly three continuous parameters: the components of its wave vector, which determine its wavelength? And its direction of propagation.

The photon is the gauge boson for electromagnetism,13 and therefore all other quantum numbers of the photon (such as lepton number, baryon number, and flavour quantum numbers) are zero. " org/wiki/Photon.

If photons had mass they couldn't travel at light speed! I think the warping of spacetime (not space) is the best explanation.

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