eli5: Why does light go into black holes?

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If light has no mass why does it get sucked into black holes?

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Mass creates gravity. Gravity pulls on all objects equally, regardless of mass. A feather and a brick will fall side by side if dropped in an area without air. Light falls the same way as well.

Things only get weird when you realize that light’s speed cannot change, so it must somehow fall without slowing down.

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