11.05.2015

Gravity affects light

Gravity has just as much of an effect on light as any other object. But why can't we see light fall to the ground? Light is traveling so fast that gravity barely affects light in the amount of time before the particles of light hit something.
Take a bullet as an example:

When you drop bullet, the effect gravity has on it is very obvious: it falls to the floor.

On the other hand, when you shoot a bullet it is very hard to see the effect of gravity: it falls very little in the time it takes to reach it's target.

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