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by Anonymous on December 27th, 2005

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What would a black hole look like from behind?

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  • by n_o_u_s on January 4th, 2006

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    The same as it looks from the "front." I would rather say that "front" and "back" are not applicable to a black hole. A black hole probably appears as a solid black circle from any direction. I think that blaylock makes the same point.

    Edit, for those of you who want clarification: My understanding of cosmology leads me to believe that a black hole looks the same from any direction you might look at it. I have never seen a black hole, but the word on the street is that it looks like a black disc. So, once you define what "back" is, it would look like a black disc if you were to look at it from the back.

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    • This is true from from any place w/in normal space/time, but might be asking what look like from below event horizon.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on April 12th, 2006

    • This is not useful. Please, please re-submit your answer.

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 19th, 2006

    • There might be some observable effects from a rotating black hole (and I think it's the case that nearly all black holes do rotate). If that's the case, then it wouldn't look the same from every direction.

      yeroco

      by yeroco on July 21st, 2008

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