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minus-squareQuadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoWouldn’t that mean if we can see them that light can enter/escape a black hole?
minus-squareprocrastitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoEntering and escaping are two wildly different things. It can enter, but not escape.
minus-squareBrisket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSo that’s what Hotel California was about all along?
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy is there a warm smell of colitis in the air?
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLight can enter a black hole perfectly fine - we would be able to see things outside of it, because the light is still following us. No light leaves the black hole (if it’s past the event horizon), so you can’t see into it.
Wouldn’t that mean if we can see them that light can enter/escape a black hole?
Entering and escaping are two wildly different things.
It can enter, but not escape.
So that’s what Hotel California was about all along?
Why is there a warm smell of colitis in the air?
Light can enter a black hole perfectly fine - we would be able to see things outside of it, because the light is still following us. No light leaves the black hole (if it’s past the event horizon), so you can’t see into it.