2007-08-06 06:49:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ok, but wouldn't the gravitational pull collapse the roundness of a black hole, the same way when we see any type of hole in the ground?
2007-08-06 07:16:51 · update #1
Black holes are round, just like stars. And gravity pulls things toward the center from any direction, just like stars and planets. Just like Earth's gravity pulls things toward its center.
All these stories about worm holes and tunnels to other dimensions or other things associated with black holes are based on highly speculative theories. None of it is based on real observations.
2007-08-06 07:03:44 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Black holes are essentially dimensionless points in space. Smaller than a point of a pin. The only indication of mass *in* a black hole is the size of it's event horizon - every gram of mass added to the black hole increases the event horizon just a little - and the event horizon is the same, no matter which "side" of the black hole you approach.
2007-08-06 07:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Black holes don't have one side, and it's a misnomer because it isn't actually a "hole". It's a ball of very densely packed matter. It just looks like a hole because we can't see it.
2007-08-06 07:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black holes are spherical, they range in size from a baseball to to a couple of miles, each has singularity at it's centre.
2007-08-09 04:19:43 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋