Why is it so hard to study black holes?

Answer 1

simply because light cannot escape them. it's very hard to study something in the dark

Answer 2

its difficult because they first appeared as theoretical objects following specific calculations. And it was hard to detect them in real, cause they just show up in the effects they produce.
such as high-speed particle jets, intense Gamma and X-ray radiation. And there influence on nearby matter, like orbitting stars.
One thing about black holes is, that they might contain a so called singularity. A point in space where the physical laws as we think we know it break down.
this is causing intense pain to scientists worldwide.
our knowledge about those objects is mostly based on theoretical models, cause even the nearest black hole is too far away to get directly observed.
Along with that twe currently have two disciplines in physics.
One explains everything in the world we use to live in.
One explains things happening below a very tiny scale, the so called quantumn physics.
Now the thing is that both models work well, but they don't fit into each other, and a black hole's complete description requieres a complete understanding of these two disciplines, the quantumn world, and the world be play football in.
As long this isn't satisfyingly solved there are problems in understanding black holes in general

Answer 3

it is sort of like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar. It doesn't reflect light, so you can't see it.

Furthermore, the singularity is an infinitly small, infinitly dense spot. The laws of physics break down inside a black hole. So you really can't study something where the rules don't apply.

Answer 4

Due to the distortion of the space-time continuum near an object of such massive density, even light cannot escape its grasp. Without light, we can' see anything. So it's almost impossible to record any observations on black holes since there are almost no observations that can be made.

Answer 5

Black holes are theoretical entities that have never been detected.
If you try to study some thing that may not exist you may be faced with difficulties.

Answer 6

Think about it... how do you study something trillions of miles away, oh yeah and it's invisible.

What they know about blackholes they discover by observing their effects on things close to them (just a few billion miles). People like Stephen Hawkins don't really know all that much about them either, they just make up these fantastic theories, then change their mind later. Assumptions and approximations

Answer 7

Its so hard to study them because they rarely occur and if they were to occur close to Earth, well I don't want to talk about how we wouldn't wan't to study them then. We would be scampering to get away from them.

Answer 8

They blend in with the blackness of space and all of them are too far away to get any data from.

Answer 9

The main reason being is that it is intangible. Also we can not get close enough to truely observe .

Answer 10

Because if you go inside one, you will never get out to tell about it.