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Originally Posted by caleb
yes, but i mean. If the sun spontanoiusly dissapeared it would be 8 minutes till we noticed the light source gone. But would the gravity dissapear straight away or 8 minutes after, as the light went.
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According to the paper below - if the sun disappeared , the earth would "feel" the effect virtually instanteously - there is no delay in the action at a distance of gravity , even if it would take another 8 minutes for us on earth to be aware the sun is not there anymore.