Comment on Gottem. :)

• davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Changes in the gravitational field definitely travel, and do so at the speed of light.

  Look up LIGO

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• Alk@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If it didn’t travel, it wouldn’t take 8 minutes to stop right?

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  • cuerdo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If the mass vanishes, then the gravity would also vanish, at the same time.

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    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      False. If the mass vanished via magic, the effect would ripple out at the speed of light. Source, gravity waves which move at the speed of light.

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    • cuerdo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But vanishing is magic, it goes against the laws of physics, so you could apply any fictional logic

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