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To: Pox

How does a black hole "digest" the mass it consumes? Where does it go?

Twighlight Zone or Worm Hole into time?

Where do the contents of Black Holes immerge?

Is there a God? Are black holes just the end of God's straw?

I have a headache.


38 posted on 12/06/2006 8:47:44 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (No to nitwit jesters with a predisposition of self importance and unqualified political opinions!)
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To: Tenacious 1

Actually, the way I understand it, the matter is simply added to the 'soup' inside the event horizon (the point at which nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of the black hole).

The wormhole speculation is theoretical and likely not actually viable. Black Holes don't eat in one end and expel from the other, but in a way, they do dissipate according to Stephen Hawking (see: Hawking radiation) over probably trillions of years.

They could be considered the ultimate garbage disposal.


45 posted on 12/06/2006 8:57:42 AM PST by Pox (If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
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