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JoeyJoystick
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- Discussing and challenging the definition of a black hole
Hi All,
This is my first post, so please bare with me and if I am going all wrong about, please let me know.
The definition of a black hole according NASA; 'A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out'. Now I am not challenging this at all. However, very often a black hole is considered an object with a high density as well. The reasons are obvious, but is this actually correct?
Why am I asking this question? Well, it's simple. A small black hole has a higher density than a large black hole. The larger the black hole, the lower the density. And what do we really know about the black hole other than that light can not escape? Not that much right?
For all I know, without claiming that this is the case, the mass inside a black hole could be compressed into a small nuclei with a diameter of several mm while the rest of the black hole is empty. I mean, after all there is a very high gravitational force right? Or it could be evenly spread across the available space inside of the back hole. But we never know this for sure right?
What I am essentially saying, thinking and hoping is that you prove me wrong here, because if it is true than I have a whole lot of other questions for the next thread. lol.
Joey
This is my first post, so please bare with me and if I am going all wrong about, please let me know.
The definition of a black hole according NASA; 'A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out'. Now I am not challenging this at all. However, very often a black hole is considered an object with a high density as well. The reasons are obvious, but is this actually correct?
Why am I asking this question? Well, it's simple. A small black hole has a higher density than a large black hole. The larger the black hole, the lower the density. And what do we really know about the black hole other than that light can not escape? Not that much right?
For all I know, without claiming that this is the case, the mass inside a black hole could be compressed into a small nuclei with a diameter of several mm while the rest of the black hole is empty. I mean, after all there is a very high gravitational force right? Or it could be evenly spread across the available space inside of the back hole. But we never know this for sure right?
What I am essentially saying, thinking and hoping is that you prove me wrong here, because if it is true than I have a whole lot of other questions for the next thread. lol.
Joey