# Is there a relation between light and gravity?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-relation-between-light-and-gravity/444899 "2008-04-11T14:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-relation-between-light-and-gravity/444899/21 "2008-04-13T15:05:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Liberal]

Related question: if a luminous object were moving away from us at the speed of light, would we be able to see it? Would photons travelling opposite its direction basically be standing still?  
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Oh boy! the responses should be good!!  
Dr. Einstein asked the same question. His conclusion was illuminating… 😛

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**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-relation-between-light-and-gravity/444899/22 "2008-04-13T18:26:14Z")

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[QUOTE=rbroome]

Dr. Einstein asked the same question. His conclusion was illuminating… 😛  
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And his conclusion was??

Did it have anything to do with redshift and energy loss or what?

Oh boy! Your response should be good!!

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