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I have wondered about Black Holes for many years. It is extremely hard to visualize a Black Hole in my head, so I often try to use things that are easier to joggle in my mind, as stand in for various things. The other day I was doing this with Black Holes and it occurred to me that I have...

Hi Dr. Joe If photons are massless particles, why are they affected by the extreme gravity of Black Holes. If they have no mass then they should be able to escape the gravity of a Black Hole or is it the extreme curvature of Spacetime in Black Holes that trap photons and not actually gravity...