wabbit said:No, the speed of light does not change near a black hole. Why do you think the photon's speed should increase ?
Prashan Shan said:black holes pulls light right,
then when a black hole pulls photon will the speed that photon increase?
The thing is, it's not really wrong to think that there's a "pull", the issue is, what does a pull do to a photon since it cannot change its speed ? As you mentionned it acts on its frequency, but the intuition as to why it does so is not obvious.nitsuj said:lol likely because gravity "pulls" things, pretty easy to intuit the OP is envisioning that "pull" on a photon.
The speed of light near a black hole is the same as the speed of light in a vacuum, which is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second.
No, the speed of light remains constant near a black hole. However, the gravitational pull of the black hole can affect the path of light, making it appear to slow down or bend.
The immense gravitational pull of a black hole can warp the fabric of space-time, causing light to follow a curved path near the black hole. This can make it appear as though the speed of light is changing, but it is actually traveling at a constant speed.
No, according to the theory of relativity, the speed of light is the maximum speed at which anything can travel. This applies to objects near a black hole as well.
The intense gravitational pull of a black hole can cause time to slow down near the event horizon (the point of no return for objects entering a black hole). This is known as gravitational time dilation and is a result of the warping of space-time near the black hole.