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human
Does the gravity of one object affect / attract another object sooner than light can travel between the two objects?

For example, is the Earth attracted to the *current* location of the Sun's center of gravity, or to the location of the Sun's center of gravity from ~8 minutes ago?

I think I remember reading about something like a "cone of possibility" (I know I'm probably butchering the term) that stated that one thing could not affect any other thing any faster than light could travel between them. But I also think I remember reading that gravity causes an instant attraction between any two objects, no matter the distance between them.

A follow-on question would be: If the attracting effect of gravity is in fact instant, and that force is "carried" by a graviton (or some particle / wave), then does that mean gravitons are super-light speed things?

Thanks, and as always, please forgive my ignorance (but that's why we have this wonderful sub!).
gpt
Nope, information about gravity travels at the speed of light. This is what we expect from theory, and while observations are difficult they seem to indicate this.

What you probably heard about gravity being instantaneous refers to Newton's theory of gravity, which is very useful but obsolete.