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Cerenkov
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Hello.
I'd just like to check a some points concerning the two kinds of singularities that Penrose and Hawking describe in this paper. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1970.0021 The Singularities of Gravitational Collapse and Cosmology.
1.
According to the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis, we should not expect to see any naked singularities. I take this to mean that all black hole singularities are expected to be concealed behind event horizons.
2.
But, to date, have we detected the presence of an event horizon around any black hole?
3.
If not, is this site the best place to await news of observations of an event horizon? https://eventhorizontelescope.org/
4.
When it comes to the initial singularity, is this also hidden from us, behind the 'fog' of the CMBR?
5.
By what means (if any) could we see further back than the 380,000 years limit set by the CMBR?
6.
Am I right to conclude that nearly fifty years on from the publishing of this paper, we are still waiting upon observational evidence to confirm or rule out Hawking and Penrose's findings about the initial singularity?
Any help given at a basic level would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Cerenkov.
I'd just like to check a some points concerning the two kinds of singularities that Penrose and Hawking describe in this paper. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspa.1970.0021 The Singularities of Gravitational Collapse and Cosmology.
1.
According to the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis, we should not expect to see any naked singularities. I take this to mean that all black hole singularities are expected to be concealed behind event horizons.
2.
But, to date, have we detected the presence of an event horizon around any black hole?
3.
If not, is this site the best place to await news of observations of an event horizon? https://eventhorizontelescope.org/
4.
When it comes to the initial singularity, is this also hidden from us, behind the 'fog' of the CMBR?
5.
By what means (if any) could we see further back than the 380,000 years limit set by the CMBR?
6.
Am I right to conclude that nearly fifty years on from the publishing of this paper, we are still waiting upon observational evidence to confirm or rule out Hawking and Penrose's findings about the initial singularity?
Any help given at a basic level would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Cerenkov.