Can photons be trapped in orbit?
Now, I am no physicist but this is causing me trouble. If:
-All matter in the universe consists of atoms
-The force of gravity has the same effect on all matter
Then how does a “grey hole” that will consume stars and planets made of atoms also at the same time give light waves made of atoms a pass?
yes photons could be stuck in orbit
If gravity can affect photons so that light cannot excape a black hole then it is NOT an either/or scenario.
Light can be seen to bend around galaxies by ‘graviational lensing’ and there is no reason to thing a photon’s path could not be ‘bent’ enough to keep going around forever.