[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Pretty wild. I always assumed that gravity was an instantaneous thing.

[forsnax5]

I always assumed that gravity was an instantaneous thing.

You're in good company. So did Isaac Newton...

[supercat]

Pretty wild. I always assumed that gravity was an instantaneous thing.

What, then, would prevent the use of gravitational waves as a faster-than-light communications medium?

[MarkL]

Pretty wild. I always assumed that gravity was an instantaneous thing.

Of course not!!! Haven't you ever seen any of the Roadrunner/Coyote cartoons? Notice how when the Coyote goes over the edge of a cliff, he hangs in mid-air for a short period of time? That's the time it takes for gravity to catch up with him! Chuck Jones was quite a visionary!

Mark

[Aracelis]

I always assumed that gravity was an instantaneous thing.

This is nothing new, mothers have known this for years. Watch a child the next time they spill a bowl of spaghetti...time and gravity both slow down as the bowl falls to the (usually carpeted) floor. LOL