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How Do Black Holes Bend Light?

šŸ’” The Answer

  • Black holes have immense gravity that warps the fabric of spacetime around them.
  • Light traveling past a black hole follows the curved spacetime path.
  • This effect, called gravitational lensing, can create multiple images of distant objects.
  • Astronomers use this phenomenon to study invisible black holes and map dark matter.

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