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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The gravity does not travel, the gravity is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

Look up LIGO

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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