Based on my understanding of both light and gravity, then I have developed two theories, which are mutually exclusive, but should one be proven wrong then the other should, in theory, be proven right.
It is widely accepted in modern times that nothing can travel faster than light, and that light itself cannot be sped up or slowed, unless it travels through a different medium. With this in mind, I began to think about the bending of light as it passes a planet. This can only happen one of two ways. Either gravity pulls on it, or gravity refracts it. If gravity pulls on it, then in theory when light is approaching a black hole straight on it should at some point begin to speed up, therefore proving Einstein wrong and me right.
If it is refracted by gravity instead, this would lead to the assumption that gravity is material, and is a medium through which light travels. As light passes into thicker parts of the medium I.E. around planets, it would then refract.
What do you think?
2007-05-31
18:27:44
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