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Gravity happens at the speed of light. Theoretically, if the sun were to simply vanish, Earth would continue orbiting the spot where the sun was for another ~8 minutes as if nothing happened. How true is it, can anyone explain it in better way?

by /u/Dead-Shot1 in /r/askscience

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