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Forgive me if this is a dumb question. If nothing gets out of a black hole, how does the gravity get out?
This is a very common question and the answer is not obvious. Remember that gravity is a field.nburns said:Forgive me if this is a dumb question. If nothing gets out of a black hole, how does the gravity get out?
A black hole is a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, including light, can escape from it. It is created when a massive star dies and collapses in on itself.
Inside a black hole, gravity acts in the same way as it does outside of it. However, because the black hole is incredibly dense and has a strong gravitational pull, the laws of physics as we know them break down and we are unable to fully understand or explain the behavior of gravity inside a black hole.
No, gravity cannot escape a black hole. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that not even light can escape it, let alone other forms of energy.
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity affects time. In a black hole, the strong gravitational pull causes time to slow down significantly. This means that time moves much slower for an observer near the event horizon (the point of no return) compared to someone outside the black hole.
No, it is not possible for gravity to escape a black hole. As mentioned earlier, the laws of physics as we know them break down inside a black hole, so we cannot fully understand or explain how gravity behaves inside it. Therefore, it is currently not possible for gravity to escape a black hole.