Light and Cosmos

Propagation – the process by which an

electromagnetic wave transfers energy from
Diffraction – it is the bending of light around one point to another.
corners such that it spreads out and illuminates
areas where a shadow is expected.

Concave lens – a lens that diverges a straight

Reflection – the return of light or sound waves
line beam from the source to a diminished,
from the surface or the production of an image
upright, virtual image.
by or as if by a mirror.

The equivalence principle states that an initial

Refraction – it is the bending of light as it passes
from one transparent substance into another. It
also happens with sound, water, and other
waves.
reference frame in a uniform gravitational field
is equivalent to a reference frame in the
absence of gravitational field that has a
constant acceleration with respect to the
inertial frame. Two events happening at the
same time in a frame of reference is a property
known as the relativity and simultaneity.