It isn't a misunderstanding as much as a difference in perspective.
I understand that from the perspective of the infalling matter time doesn't stop at the event horizon, nor does the fall inward toward the center. From the inside perspective it is time outside that changes, and the speed of...
The reason I'm sure that the event horizon forms before the singularity is the same reason that was given above about why a large star doesn't have an event horizon. As you move beneath the surface the force of gravity lessens. So as the large star collapses, the gravitational field at the...
I had considered this also. In the process of collapse, the event horizon forms when the gravitational field becomes strong enough that the escape velocity >c. The radius at the instant of formation will be >0, and the instant that the event horizon forms all matter which is inside it is...
This is a question that has puzzled me for some time regarding black holes.
I have searched for information on black holes many times and never found this question directly addressed.
How can a singularity exist when matter that falls into a black hole “stops” at the event horizon? I...