NASA Video Simulation of entering a black hole [video]

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1 points | by altrus 11 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • rbanffy 10 hours ago ago

    One issue that bothers me in this video is that, from the point of view of the traveler, the galaxy on the background would evolve at increasing speeds as the traveler descends into the gravity well and time dilates. By the time they are about to cross the event horizon, the universe outside must be much older (almost infinitely older) than when we started the fall.

    • ahazred8ta 3 hours ago ago

      That's an urban legend. In real life physics, the traveler is being pulled forward by the black hole's gravity, faster and faster, and as it covers the last few miles it's traveling very close to light speed and crosses the last few miles in a tiny fraction of a second. The time dilation is not enough to cancel the increased speed. There's no wall of molasses. An object falling in goes faster, not slower. Objects falling into the black hole do not actually hover just short of the event horizon, despite appearances.