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How Does Gravity Escape A Black Hole?

2022 • E3    Jan 26, 2022    19m
Fact: in a black hole, all of the mass is concentrated at the singularity at the very center. Fact: every black hole singularity is surrounded by an event horizon. Nothing can escape from within the event horizon unless it can travel faster than light. Fact: gravity travels at the speed of light. So how does a black hole manage to communicate its gravitational force to the outside universe? How does gravity escape a black hole?

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  • Matthew O’DowdSelf - Host

 

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