it seems to me that the impression that black holes have some sort of ability to "suck" in matter is an inaccurate description of what happens. black holes are regions of spacetime from which nothing can escape. black holes have normal gravitational attraction for their masses, but the volume of spacetime defined by the event horizon is so small that matter can get much closer to the center of mass than it would otherwise. also, singularities are impossible. they can't form. this is the original 1916 version of a black hole. because of gravitational effects at the event horizon, time, as seen by those far away, appears to get increasingly slower. this is time dilation. there are other effects also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation
2006-07-06 09:05:04
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answered by warm soapy water 5
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scientists think that ther is no real way to tell. it is thought that at the singularity all the laws of science break down because of the singularity. the gravity is so great that the curvature of space-time is infinite, in effect ripping the very fabric of space-time. who knows what comes of this
2006-07-06 15:43:40
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answered by Newtibourne 2
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My astronomy professor in college told us that a black hole is so dense that it sucks in everything around it, including light. That's why it's black. Absolutely nothing can survive in a black hole.
2006-07-06 15:10:10
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answered by Marie 4
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A small part of human kinds can leave this Universe eventhough the entire Universe is collept.
2006-07-06 15:11:34
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answered by JAMES 4
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Maybe it's a hole in the universe. Or we're in god's stomache and that is the exit
2006-07-06 15:14:36
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answered by Reuben Y 2
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Have no idea what goes on there and right now I have to work so much that this is my first priority.
2006-07-06 15:06:57
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answered by antiekmama 6
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all matter gets squashed.
2006-07-06 15:05:02
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answered by sbouasri 3
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