Einstein said that nothing can go faster the speed of light. Black holes constantly suck up stars and no light ever escapes. Musn't anything moving through a black hole therefore be moving faster than the speed of light?

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• Extinguishing it? That would itimate that the energy is detroyed. The laws of physics say that cannot happen. Your thoughts?

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  by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on February 8th, 2007

• Everything, energy, even light, is destroyed, nothing in the known universe can survive the awesome destructive power of a black hole.... Nothing.

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  by Sunblynd 5.0 on February 8th, 2007

• So, the laws of physics are false? (Not arguing)

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  by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on February 8th, 2007

• Basically, I was basing my question upon the theory that things sucked into a black hole are not molecularly destroyed, but go through and are spewed into a parallel universe. I have heard that theory as well as the "monster" one. It's all theorectical, I was just curious!

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  by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on February 8th, 2007

• Information is what I meant, not energy. Although I am not entirely sure energy is ever really detroyed either. Are you basing your thoughts on the "Information Paradox"?

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  by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on February 8th, 2007

• No, I am basing it on what I know from my own research and experience from what I know of astronomy and physics. According to scientists, the laws of physics do not apply in the vortex of a black hole, it has something to do with relative time, the vortex spins so fast that time as we know it ceases to exist, have you watched the video or have you seen Stephen Hawkings theory of Black holes? They give a logical theory and explanation.

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  by Sunblynd 5.0 on February 9th, 2007

• Stephen Hawking theorized the information paradox theory. I did watch the video, however, it is kind of out dated. I understand your view (as far as I can comprehend). The only things I know about these theories are things I have read and studied independantly, so it is always possible that my thoughts are way off-base. I probably sound like an idiot! I was just thinking that based on the Kerr diagram, where the black hole spits stuff out on the other side, things traveling through must exceed the speed of light whilst traveling through because black holes are black and they suck up stars. To someone of my limited education (1 year tech school, lol) it makes perfect sense. I never took into account that time could be altered. It never really occured to me. Thank you for your help though! Sorry if I am way off, I must seem like an idiot to you! (It's okay! I understand)

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  by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on February 11th, 2007

• No Zand, your not an idiot, on the outer edge of a black hole debris
  will and can be thrown off, not everything that comes within range of a
  black hole gets sucked in, it gets ejected into space, from what I
  know, the time referance (the speed of light) you are reffering to in
  a black hole would not exist, that's what they mean in physics, physics
  doesn't apply, there's no referance point of measurement like time,
  light, space, they all become warped... literally. The matter that forms it is so small and is so
  dense, and spinning so fast, and the gravity so crushing,... there is no
  referance point to even begin to come up with a solution to the
  problem, but, if you ever do find a referance point that can apply to
  physics or new math, that can dissect a
  black hole, you will have your page in the history books.

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  by Sunblynd 5.0 on February 11th, 2007

• A black hole is isnt a hole, its a super dense ball with immense gravitational pull which light cannot even resist. Simple terms =]

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  by Scooot on January 11th, 2008

• Doesn't string theory suggest that black holes are different "universes"? I don't really know anything about string theory, but I read somewhere that it indicates that length scales smaller than the plank length actually are physically identical to lengths larger than the plank length.

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  by Couchyam on August 4th, 2009

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