Two Black Holes Collide: The Result

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When two black holes collide, they merge to form a larger black hole. Contrary to some theories, black holes do not continuously absorb everything indefinitely; they can eventually dissipate through Hawking radiation, a phenomenon resulting from quantum effects. Light, while lacking mass, possesses momentum and energy, defined by the equations p = hν and E = pc, where h is Planck's constant and ν is the frequency. The discussion emphasizes the importance of established scientific principles over personal theories in understanding black hole dynamics.

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what happens when to black hole crash into each other?
 
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zelldot said:
what happens when to black hole crash into each other?


They merge and make one bigger black hole.
 
do black holes ever end, or do they just keep sucking everything in?
and in what happens all that light in a black hole? it must be very bright in the center of a black hole
 
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in theory light goes fast when it comes into contact with a black hole, E=C x C2
but if light don't have a mass E=0xC2 then light should just "stop" of cease to exist

but that's just my theory
 
zelldot said:
in theory light goes fast when it comes into contact with a black hole, E=C x C2
but if light don't have a mass E=0xC2 then light should just "stop" of cease to exist

but that's just my theory

We don't allow personal theories on our science forums. There's a procedure for getting them posted on a special forum. Light has momentum and energy, but not mass. Its momentum is p = h\nu, where nu is the frequency and h is Planck's constant, and its energy is pc.
 
To answer your second question, black holes do eventually end due to a process called Hawking radiation (Radiation emitted from a black hole due to quantum effects).
 

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