a man passes the event horizon of a black hole after traveling all the way from earth and he is facing the black hole. as he is falling if he could stop time and look into the black hole, wat would he see? (u dont need to be specific)
2007-08-27 12:32:14 · 9 answers · asked by shish2kabob 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
let me be more specific agen... if the black hole was at least a mile wide, he stared directly into it, and he wasnt ripped apart. wat im asking is what would he see in(not inside) the black hole
2007-08-27 12:41:44 · update #1
You can't see anything beyond the event horizon. The region of space near the event horizon would be white-hot with matter falling inward, getting crushed, and emitting radiation from the heat and pressure.
2007-08-27 13:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He might see nothing, since the singularity at the centre of a black hole is infinitely tiny.
He might see nothing but light, since any light passing the event horizon is trapped inside (just like he is).
Since we don't really have a complete physics theory to explain the inside of the event horizon, its all pure guesswork right now (possibly the scientists that study black holes may have an idea, but I haven't seen anything reported as to what is inside the horizon).
2007-08-27 19:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The visitor would see nothing.
Black Holes are defined as being invisible and so powerful that they prevent the escape of even light. We need light for our eyes to work as designed. So, without any light, the visitor would see nothing.
Comment: I can assure you that the mouth of a black hole is far, far larger than one mile wide. While I can not give you an informed statement as to the correct possible measurement, I would suspect that it is more on the order of one light year across or larger.
2007-08-27 19:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yup, you can't get there from here; the tidal stress tears all matter apart at the atomic level before it gets anywhere near the event horizon.
UPDATE: I just saw the asker's update: So, if we're suspending all the known laws and theories of astrophysics, relativity and celestial mechanics to answer this question, I can state the following without fear of rebuttal: the subject human will see a sprawling vista of green, green grass with patches of sweet clover. Within this vista will be prancing herds of pink ponies, leprechauns, unicorns and sweet, cuddly Care Bears (tm). Everyone will be happy and kind, say please and thank you, and there will be little or no lower back pain.
And NOBODY can prove me wrong. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaaa.
2007-08-27 19:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by Cappo359 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing... by the time a man passes the event horizon, the gravitational pressures would be so strong that his body would literally be torn apart at the cellular level. This would happen long before hitting the event horizon...
2007-08-27 19:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by gaelicspawn 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well what is a black hole? It is a star that has gravitationally collapse into itself. What you would be looking at would be the material of the collapsed star. Mostly hydrogen and helium. Since light cannot escape from this mass, you would see nothing but darkness.
2007-08-27 19:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by Troasa 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i guess ( i'm not shure and have NO proof) that he would just see darkness? right? if that black hole were 2 lead 2, like, another demention, or something, i guess u would see straight threw. but if that is the case, wouldn't our cambra's or satalights, or whut ever seen it when they take all those pictures of the black holes. i have no idea!!!!
2007-08-27 19:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by kylesrox 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing that escaped a black hole not even light . So you would see nothing.
2007-08-27 19:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
how do you know that there is only one kind of event horizon
2007-08-27 19:43:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋