I saw a video recently that suggested that gravity travels at the speed of light, so if the sun disappeared in an instant, instead of the earth immediately straying off course, the pull would last for about 7 minutes due to the remaining gravitational waves. Is this an accurate statement? If so, why
by /u/Dizian- in /r/askscience
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