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I am just curious as to what the generally accepted ideas are about black holes.
Yes, but only with those really cool 3-D Movie Glasses
Moore1879 said:I am just curious as to what the generally accepted ideas are about black holes.
russ_watters said:I heard there is work being done on a telescope that can actually see the event horizon of a black hole due to the fact that it would be darker than the surrounding gas/dust: A "hole" in a nebula.
Can you explain why if a black hole is small enough it can be seen?George Jones said:Can a black hole be seen?
Yes, if the black hole is small enough.
Regards,
George
scott1 said:Can you explain why if a black hole is small enough it can be seen?
You can see hawking radiation if it's in the visible spectrum. :tongue:i don't think that a human eye can see xrays or hawking radiation
No, we cannot see a black hole directly because light cannot escape from it. However, we can indirectly observe its effects on surrounding matter and light.
We know black holes exist based on their gravitational effects on surrounding matter and light. We can also observe the radiation emitted from matter falling into a black hole.
Yes, in April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first ever image of a black hole's shadow at the center of the galaxy M87. This was made possible by combining data from several telescopes around the world.
Black holes can range in size from a few kilometers to billions of times the mass of our sun. The size of a black hole is directly related to its mass and the amount of matter it has consumed.
Yes, black holes can move through space just like any other object. Their movement is determined by the gravitational pull of surrounding matter and can also be influenced by interactions with other black holes or massive objects.