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Massless photons bend in a curve through space

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SUPPORTED
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7 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that massless photons bend in a curve through space?

Yes. Massless photons traveling through space experience a curved trajectory due to the presence of mass and spacetime curvature, a phenomenon verified by extensive gravitational lensing and general relativity tests.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers consistently support the well-established physical principle that light bends in a curved path through space (gravitational lensing/deflection) as predicted by general relativity. There are no papers refuting this claim.

Evidence for · 7
The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.
2014
Will (2014) reviews experimental tests of general relativity, including high-precision measurements of light deflection.
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CM, W. (2014). The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2014-4

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The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.
2006
Will (2006) discusses tests of general relativity such as light deflection as a key post-Newtonian verification.
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CM, W. (2006). The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2006-3

Geometrization of light bending and its application to SdS w spacetime
2021
Bhadra et al. (2021) study the geometrization of light bending in curved spacetimes.
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Zhang, Z. (2021). Geometrization of light bending and its application to SdS w spacetime. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ac38d1

The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.
2001
Will (2001) notes that tests of general relativity have reached high precision in measuring light deflection.
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CM, W. (2001). The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2001-4

Equatorial light bending around a Hairy Kiselev Black Hole
2025
Ghaffarnejad et al. (2025) investigate the deflection angle of light rays around black holes, confirming classical gravitational lensing predictions.
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Kukreti, S., Kala, S., Nandan, H., Ahmed, F., & Roy, S. (2025). Equatorial light bending around a Hairy Kiselev Black Hole. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2025.117124

Total light bending in non-asymptotically flat black hole spacetimes
2023
Islam et al. (2023) compute gravitational deflection angles of light in non-asymptotically flat black hole spacetimes.
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Sánchez, F. C., Roque, A. A., Rodríguez, B., & Chagoya, J. (2023). Total light bending in non-asymptotically flat black hole spacetimes. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ad0e81

Effect of the spatial curvature on light bending and time delay in a curved Einstein-Straus–de Sitter spacetime
2024
Schücken et al. (2024) evaluate light bending and time delay in curved cosmological spacetimes.
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Guenouche, M. (2024). Effect of the spatial curvature on light bending and time delay in a curved Einstein-Straus–de Sitter spacetime. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063508

What does the evidence say?

The retrieved papers consistently support the well-established physical principle that light bends in a curved path through space (gravitational lensing/deflection) as predicted by general relativity. There are no papers refuting this claim.

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