Gravity has an effect on anything having mass.
Things consisting only of energy will not be effected by gravity.
The idea that black holes have such strong gravity that light can not escape leaves out an important point. It seems on the surface that gravity effects light in this case. What is actually happening is a distortion of 'space'.
Light travels in straight lines through 'space' but is re-directed when the 'space' that it is traveling through is distorted. (This is the source of 'gravitational lensing' by galaxies and large stars)
In the area around a black hole the distortion of 'space' becomes greater and greater, until, at the 'event horizon' it becomes, in effect, circular. Light traveling in that 'space' then goes in circles and can not escape.
2007-01-26 11:46:35
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answered by sternsheets 2
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Gravity waves are not effected by gravity. In other words, gravity waves are not bent by gravity, like light is. 3 dimensional space is also not effected, since gravity is a 4-dimensional space-time phenomenon. The following properties are not effected by gravity: dimensions lower than 4, or gravity itself.
2007-01-26 11:51:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Hi. I think just about everything is affected by gravity since it seems to bend space. Light (photons), particles like baryons and electrons, even time is affected. I do not believe it is within our power to manipulate.
2007-01-26 11:34:20
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answered by Cirric 7
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i don't think anything physical can escape gravity. not even light as light gets affected by large quantities of mass like stars and black holes.
it would have to be something imaginary like time. time is not effected by gravity. your age isn't either.
2007-01-26 11:38:17
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answered by smokesha 3
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I don't think electrical current, magnetic fields and other electrical phenomena are affected by gravity.
2007-01-26 11:41:44
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answered by daedgewood 4
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Rosie O'Donnell's appetite; it is massive regardless of gravity.
2007-01-26 11:36:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Helium.
2007-01-26 11:35:13
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answered by bob l 1
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The internet.
2014-12-12 19:22:48
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answered by Brandon 1
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