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<blockquote data-quote="nega" data-source="post: 2679462" data-attributes="member: 903882">So my Science 101 teacher mentioned something about escape velocity of a mass in his lecture. I know that this is independent of mass. Does this escape velocity have any connection to the acceleration towards the given mass, which is also independent of the falling body?Also does the acceleration towards a mass(planet) increase with greater mass? So basically does apple fall faster from a tree on Venus compared to earth, since it has more mass.IF the top two questions are true, which I wouldn&#039;t be too surprised if they weren&#039;t, couldn&#039;t a black hole, which has an escape velocity so great that even light is captured, possibly cause a mass to accelerate towards it in a speed faster then the speed of light, given infinite mass?Sorry if my logic doesn&#039;t make sense or if my assumptions are baseless... I&#039;m just a humble business major. haha. Also English isn&#039;t my first language so forgive my grammar mistakes.Or is there a terminal velocity in any sort of gravityWhat if we are talking within the given space?Ahh really? Why is it that gravity cant break the speed of light? Is it just a simple rule that mass cant be faster than light? Even if there is acceleration acting on it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nega, post: 2679462, member: 903882"] So my Science 101 teacher mentioned something about escape velocity of a mass in his lecture. I know that this is independent of mass. Does this escape velocity have any connection to the acceleration towards the given mass, which is also independent of the falling body? Also does the acceleration towards a mass(planet) increase with greater mass? So basically does apple fall faster from a tree on Venus compared to earth, since it has more mass. IF the top two questions are true, which I wouldn't be too surprised if they weren't, couldn't a black hole, which has an escape velocity so great that even light is captured, possibly cause a mass to accelerate towards it in a speed faster then the speed of light, given infinite mass? Sorry if my logic doesn't make sense or if my assumptions are baseless... I'm just a humble business major. haha. Also English isn't my first language so forgive my grammar mistakes. Or is there a terminal velocity in any sort of gravity What if we are talking within the given space? Ahh really? Why is it that gravity cant break the speed of light? Is it just a simple rule that mass cant be faster than light? Even if there is acceleration acting on it? [/QUOTE]

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