If light has no mass and therefore no weight, then why can't it escape the gravity of a black hole?

Answer 1

Good question.

According to Einstein's general theory of relativity a massive object distorts (warps) space around it, which causes light to bend if it comes near the object. A black hole is so massive than it warps space completely, so that any light emanating from near the center of a black hole is trapped, circling around endlessly.

Answer 2

But light has mass, light is Protons one part of an Atom, even though it's mass is so small it is mass, and thust Gravity has and effect on it.
Like lets say that on Earth with your mass, you weigh one hundred pounds, if you could go to a black hole you would weigh as much as the whole solar system, maybe even more.
Take a look at what the magnetic field of Earth does to the protons that come from the Sun in large berst, they are pulled into the Earth magnetic poles where they light up giving you the Nothern and Suthern lights, so this should show you that light has mass, if not then there would be no Southern or Northen lights.

Answer 3

A lot of bad answers here. A black hole has such intense gravity that space is curved tightly around it, any light that that passes within the gravity well of a black hole follows this curved space, endlessly, it does not enter the black hole, this area of tight curvature is called the Event Horizon.

Answer 4

There are 2 solutions: the 1st is that for the duration of accordance to prevalent relativity, gravity is the warping (curving)of area by means of a mass. gentle's course by way of area would be affected by means of that warp as will each and every thing else. interior the progression horizon area is warped sufficient that not something traveling at c or slower could be on a international-line or course that leads exterior the progression horizon. the 2d answer considers gravity as a field. nevertheless we regularly evaluate gravity to be generated by means of a mass, simply by fact that all of us comprehend that mass and ability are equivalent, it appears that evidently massless gadgets are additionally coupled to gravity in the process the flexibility they own. It is likewise a result that gentle itself warps area, nevertheless very somewhat. if truth be told, a speculation of prevalent relativity talked approximately as a kugelblitz is a black-hollow shaped totally from a concentration of ability particularly than mass.

Answer 5

Light and space travel on the same wave, if space is bent, so is the light, in case of a black hole, space is collapsed, the flow of space is bent directly to the center of the black hole. Light goes in, but the curving paths that would wrap around most objects in space are not there, the path drops straight down.

Answer 6

it might come as a suprise to you? That no widely accepted black holes have ever been detected!!!...How about a good guess lol.When matters forced in to a exited state it gives off eletromagnetic energy and some of this is your light.This happens when elecrtons change orbits.I think its known as the quantum leap.the stomger the matters bond the more energy required to leap.I think blackholes are so dense that gravity wins and forces quantum energy into a primal state and is absorbed.Like the unified field idea..

Answer 7

John R is a moron.

Light is made up of photons, not protons. Photons are massless.

The Northern Lights are not caused by the earth's magnetic field affecting photons, you dimwit. Photons are chargeless and so are not deflected by magnetic force.

Learn to spell and write properly. And stay away from answering science questions.

Answer 8

One answer is that all particles, including photons, move along geodesics in general relativity and the path they follow is independent of their mass.

Another answer is that the light has energy and momentum which couples to gravity.

Answer 9

Well light is a form of energy and black wholes are capable of absorbing it.

Answer 10

there is a difference between mass and weight, light does have mass even though it behaves as a wavelength