𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁 to [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1542
arrow-up1542imageWhy would'nt this work?lemmy.ml𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁 to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square228fedilink
It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoIirc from the 2 YouTube videos I watched light can theoretically bend thanks to gravity, black holes anyone?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•3 months agoSpace bends due to gravity. Light continues in a straight line through the now non-linear space, thus appearing to bend.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoGravity bends spacetime, light always goes in a straight line, bent spacetime means straight lines can be curvy. That all checks out. But none of that helps you with FTL communication.
Iirc from the 2 YouTube videos I watched light can theoretically bend thanks to gravity, black holes anyone?
Space bends due to gravity. Light continues in a straight line through the now non-linear space, thus appearing to bend.
Gravity bends spacetime, light always goes in a straight line, bent spacetime means straight lines can be curvy. That all checks out.
But none of that helps you with FTL communication.