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tonyxon22
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Hi there! After giving a thought about this phenomena I came with some doubts and I thought that maybe it was a good idea to put them all together in one thread so I don’t star many discussions simultaneously and also because maybe their answers are related. So here I go:
a) As they gravitationally pull matter and eventually end up absorbing everything that goes through the Event Horizon, I wonder: Are black holes in a continuously growing process?. By growing I mean getting heavier (“massier” if you allow me to invent that word)
b) If they do actually keep growing: What could stop that process? Isn’t it possible that black holes end up absorbing all the matter in the universe?
c) Also: Are there black holes that are in equilibrium? Like the one in the center of the Milky Way. Is every star and solar system orbiting this super massive BH in a closed steady orbit? Or does it happen that mass is sometimes falling into it?
d) I think scientist have been successful at estimating their mass. I’ve heard for example that the one sitting in the center of our galaxy has a mass of about 4 million times the mass of our Sun. Do they also have a measurable diameter? When I refer to the diameter I’m talking about the sphere defined by the Event Horizon (I think it’s fair to picture it as a sphere).
Thanks in advance.
a) As they gravitationally pull matter and eventually end up absorbing everything that goes through the Event Horizon, I wonder: Are black holes in a continuously growing process?. By growing I mean getting heavier (“massier” if you allow me to invent that word)
b) If they do actually keep growing: What could stop that process? Isn’t it possible that black holes end up absorbing all the matter in the universe?
c) Also: Are there black holes that are in equilibrium? Like the one in the center of the Milky Way. Is every star and solar system orbiting this super massive BH in a closed steady orbit? Or does it happen that mass is sometimes falling into it?
d) I think scientist have been successful at estimating their mass. I’ve heard for example that the one sitting in the center of our galaxy has a mass of about 4 million times the mass of our Sun. Do they also have a measurable diameter? When I refer to the diameter I’m talking about the sphere defined by the Event Horizon (I think it’s fair to picture it as a sphere).
Thanks in advance.