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Curvature of space in a black hole
This is a very simplistic view from an interested structural design engineer (retired).
Mass curves space. Taking the case of a sphere of uniform density the point at which you have as much mass ...
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Why are distances to event horizons linear with mass when gravitational effects fall off as $1/r^2$?
Black holes' gravitational effects fall off as $1/r^2$, but their event horizon grows linearly with increasing mass. $R$ (event horizon) grows the same rate as $M$ (mass of black hole). Okay lets ...
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Inside a black hole can a person ‘touch’ space?
Take a look at this picture
Now if a person falls inside a black hole and he stretches his arms outside. At some point the region which is red in colour will exactly match the width of the person who ...
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