Why can light not escape a black hole? Does the black hole's gravitational field affect the light itself, or does it distort the space through which the light travels? - Quora
If light has no mass (allowing it to travel at c) why can't it escape a black hole? It should never 'weigh' anything, because it has no mass, and is unaffected by
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