Where do things go after they were sucked by a Blackhole?

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When matter crosses the event horizon of a black hole, it is believed to be crushed into the singularity, with no fragments escaping due to extreme gravitational forces. Any debris that does not get consumed immediately contributes to the accretion disc surrounding the black hole, where some particles may escape as relativistic jets. The mass of the black hole increases as it consumes more matter, enhancing its gravitational pull, while the only known mechanism for a black hole to lose mass is through Hawking radiation, which is an extremely slow process. The concept of a "new cosmic environment" forming from the matter within a black hole is speculative, as the nature of singularities remains poorly understood. Ultimately, the fate of matter inside a black hole is still a mystery, with theories suggesting it could potentially be released back into the universe upon the black hole's evaporation.
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Sun E Man said:
The speed of gravity is faster than the speed of light or it is a constant force that seems like it is faster than the speed of light.
No, it is not. Why do you think it is?

Einstein hypothetically did an experiment in which if the Sun were to loose it's gravity in an instant, the planets would instantly swing out of there orbits. The Earth would already be out of it's orbit for 8.3 minutes + by the time the the sun light reached it that started when the sun lost it's gravity.
Can't understand your grammar. If the sun magically vanished, the Earth would continue on in its orbit for 8 more minutes and then start going in a straight line in whatever direction in was moving when the gravity stopped. Light and CHANGES in gravity, which both travel at the speed of light, take 8 minutes to get here from the sun

With this thought in mind is what made me think that the two Black Holes whose gravitational pull is is faster than the speed of light
But it is NOT

would combine accelerating them to something more than the speed of light. There would be nothing to slow them down as they would have already pulled any thing that was in there way on to them selves now just pulling on each other. I believe this would be especially true once that they came close enough so that their event horizons combined. phinds thank you for your reply and please reply again.
 
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All observational evidence to date suggests the 'speed of gravity' is c. Please city any credible examples to the contrary.
 
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Chronos said:
All observational evidence to date suggests the 'speed of gravity' is c. Please city any credible examples to the contrary.

What is the observational evidence for the speed of gravity being equal to the speed of light in a vacuum?

Particularly given the fact that gravitational radiation has not yet been detected.
 
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H G Kellogg said:
Is it possible for a 'Black Hole' to reach a critical mass- such as in an exploding star?
Yes, it is called the "Big Bang"
 
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Ron Hessinger said:
Yes, it is called the "Big Bang"
This is nonsense. Was it meant as a joke?
 
  • #56
They obviously turn into spaghetti.
 
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Thread locked, pending moderation.
 
  • #58
The original question has been answered and this thread is starting to fall apart, so I'm locking it. Anyone with related questions can start a new thread. Thread locked.
 
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