How do blackholes attract light when light is massless.

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How do blackholes attract light when light is massless.

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Because Newton’s theory of gravity is incomplete. Gravity isn’t a force between massive objects, but the curvature of spacetime around mass. Light follows spacetime curvature, therefore it bends around massive objects. Yes, even the sun bends light.

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