I am not a physicist, but I did stay at a Holi.....nevermind.
I have often wondered if science is correct about either/or gravity being a constant or the speed of light being a constant throughout the Universe. (WHAT!!!?????) I think we have either one or both of these wrong.
Science says gravity can affect the trajectory of light, but light has no mass. (Black Hole Theories). Is that not a contradiction in science?
So..... Science knows there is something missing in the understanding of gravity. We think we can verify it as a constant related to mass in our own neighborhood. But we know something else affects it in places we can’t quite touch or taste (dark matter, dark energy, anti-matter, etc.)
I speculate (not hypothesize) that gravity can somehow be manipulated so that it’s “waves” or “influence” can be changes as it relates to the mass of an object. That would be important if we were going to find a completely new source of energy and/or propulsion in space.
But Light? Does light have mass that should be affected by gravity. If so, then mass “can” be accelerated to speed of light. If that is true, than mass should be able to exceed the speed of light.
I am sure I am not the first to consider this conflict. I am willing to bet there are some FReepers that can explain why I am a kook. ;o) Fire away.
Gravity does not affect light, it affects the fabric of space around mass.
So, the light is still traveling in a straight line- but the line itself is in a curved space around the mass.
The same way gravity affects everything else. The earth is moving in a straight line too- but it moves around the sun only because it is in a path of distorted space that curves around the sun.