Stay updated with breaking news from Peter Holness. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Furniture in space, hydrogenated water, 630-billion hairdryers’ worth of heat, nominative determinism déjà vu and epistemological takedowns, all in Feedback’s review of the year that was
21 April 2021 Ron Dippold San Diego, California, US The short answer is that only charged particles like electrons or protons are bent when travelling through magnetic fields. Electromagnetic radiation is made up of uncharged photons, so is unaffected. There are two caveats, however. Advertisement The first is if you had a ridiculously strong magnetic field, like those near neutron stars called magnetars. This would warp space itself and the light would follow that curved space. But in this case, you wouldn’t be directly bending the light – and you would be...