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human
If gravity can bend light, is it possible for light emitted from the front of an object to strike the rear of an object if it is above a gravitationally significant object?

For example, if I had a flashlight and turned it on a certain distance from a black hole, could the light bend around the black hole and hit my back?
gpt
Yes, theoretically. 

To clarify, gravity isn't really bending light itself. It is bending the space that light travels through. 

Because of how great distances we're talking about, and the speed of light and the strength of the gravitational field, it would be extremely difficult to aim the light source so accurately that it would hit itself in the back. Just a fraction of a degree off, and it would probably miss your back by thousands of miles.