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Originally posted by o0Ziggy0oI didn't know whether to laugh or cry on reading this.
...there for there is no time needed for gravity to travel, its just "under" space.
Originally posted by BowmannIt's commonly said that black holes can pull in light. Black holes are just points of massive, massive gravity.
Wrong! There we go with the "force" idea again.
Light travels through space in straight lines and has no inertial mass to be 'pulled' by anything.
Originally posted by CoconutI think the boy is catching on finally.
It's commonly said that black holes can pull in light. Black holes are just points of massive, massive gravity.
Edit: Wait... I get it now. almost... No I still don't. You're sure that light can't be "sucked" into a black hole? It just goes there because the space the light is traveling through is so massively warped?
Originally posted by CoconutIt's just Mr. "Semantics" Bowmann being an ass again. We all realize that gravity bends, or warps, space-time. We also all realize that by "pulling" the light, you meant bending it towards the gravity source. This is correct, but it's also more correct to say that the gravity source warps space-time so that the *path* the light takes appears bent. This hypothesis of Einstein's was proven correct a year or two after the publication of his theory of Relativity when there was a solar eclipse, and a star was visible at the edge of the sun's disk that was known to be behind the sun at that particular moment. This "bending of light" effect is also seen in what is known as gravitational lenses, where light from a distant galaxy is bent and forms a ring, or a partial ring around a closer galaxy that happens to lie in front of the more distant galaxy.
It's commonly said that black holes can pull in light. Black holes are just points of massive, massive gravity.
Edit: Wait... I get it now. almost... No I still don't. You're sure that light can't be "sucked" into a black hole? It just goes there because the space the light is traveling through is so massively warped?
Originally posted by Raw760The electron path around a nucleus is an interesting one, it is
OK, I like the gravity warping space theory as much as the next guy. Mainly because I can demonstrate the earth's orbit of the sun to myself. But its obviously not so simple.
This warping must be three dimensional, because that's how we understand space. Try wrapping your brain around a three dimensional pinch in space, and explain gravity's affect on o ...[text shortened]... ted/broke the gravity of a black hole/singularity. A Big Bang?
Sorry, Am I thinking again ?🙄
Originally posted by sonhouseBut footballs are spherical.
The electron path around a nucleus is an interesting one, it is
quantum in nature so first it can only be at a certain energy level or
distance from the nucleus and second it does not go round and
round like planets. Its movement is quantum related also, a
probability thing, it has a certain probablity of being in one place and
time but you can't pi ...[text shortened]... on experiments you can actually have them in
two places at once. Freaky stuff, quantum theory.
Originally posted by Raw760So why do objects with mass seem to align and orbit on a single plane, like the rings of Saturn, All of our solar systems planets for the most part, with some devotions including retrograde motion/orbits.
OK, I like the gravity warping space theory as much as the next guy. Mainly because I can demonstrate the earth's orbit of the sun to myself. But its obviously not so simple.
This warping must be three dimensional, because that's how we understand space. Try wrapping your brain around a three dimensional pinch in space, and explain gravity's affect on o ...[text shortened]... ted/broke the gravity of a black hole/singularity. A Big Bang?
Sorry, Am I thinking again ?🙄
Originally posted by sonhouseIts freaky alright.
The electron path around a nucleus is an interesting one, it is
quantum in nature so first it can only be at a certain energy level or
distance from the nucleus and second it does not go round and
round like planets. Its movement is quantum related also, a
probability thing, it has a certain probablity of being in one place and
time but you can't pi ...[text shortened]... on experiments you can actually have them in
two places at once. Freaky stuff, quantum theory.
Originally posted by SuzianneWell actually gravity doesn't warp space-time, gravity IS warped
It's just Mr. "Semantics" Bowmann being an ass again. We all realize that gravity bends, or warps, space-time. We also all realize that by "pulling" the light, you meant bending it towards the gravity source. This is correct, but it's also more correct to say that the gravity source warps space-time so that the *path* the light takes appears bent. ...[text shortened]... r a partial ring around a closer galaxy that happens to lie in front of the more distant galaxy.