Questions tagged [black-hole]
Questions regarding points of extremely high mass density, which creates an extremely strong gravitational field from which light cannot escape.
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Why does black hole draw off some mass from orbiting star instead of sucking it?
Researchers saw repeated outbursts — every 114 days, on average — in a galaxy some 570 million
light-years away from Earth. Here outburst because of black hole draws mass off from the galaxy?
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Calculating the black hole evaporation time
Black holes evaporate very, very slowly by emitting Hawking radiation, and eventually they disappear, maybe even during the lifetime of the universe. That's what I recall from the lectures I attended.
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How do we know if quantum black holes were made in the LHC? [migrated]
CERN claims that there's a possibility of formation of tiny 'quantum' black holes inside the LHC. So, if that ever happens (or have already happened), will the observers ever know about it? Can in any ...
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Stellar life cycle flow chart with mass conditions and time scales
I remember that in my nuclear astrophysics lecture a decade ago, our lecturer drew a large flow chart like diagram of stellar evolution in dependence of the mass of the star (in solar units) on the ...
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I need to study space, planets and black holes, how do I study them on my own [closed]
I need to study space, planets and black holes, how do I study them on my own, knowing that I am an Arab and I do not know English. I use translation applications. I speak with you. Can you help me ...
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Why are relativistic jets perpendicular to the accretion disk?
From looking at many images (artist's rendering and computer-generated) at black holes, I've noticed that the relativistic jets are always perpendicular to the accretion disk. Is this always true, and ...
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How does a galaxy in Abell 2261 exist without a black hole in the center?
Here a source says that astronomers looked for a black hole in the brightest galaxy in the cluster Abell 2261, A2261-BCG, but found nothing:
However, X-ray observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray ...
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Astronomical resources helpful for creating an animation in the browser of the movements of an astronomical object in the sky?
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I would like to create a website that shows an animation of the path of Sagittarius A* (or any other object in space) during one day for a specific location. So that the user can see where ...
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What came first: Galaxies or Stars? [duplicate]
In Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time, the book mentions that "in regions that were slightly denser than average...galaxies were born." (pg 123). However, according to many other ...
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Why is there no color shift on the photo of the M87 black hole?
Last year, the first photo of a black hole in Messier 87 was published:
(Source: EHT)
It is quite obvious that about the lower half of the accretion disk is brighter.
This question (or rather, the ...
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How big would the supernova when a neutron star collides with another neutron star? [closed]
If two neutrons stars that are orbiting were to collide, how big would the supernova explosion be?
Would a new black hole or a new supernova remnant be formed?
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Is there any planet or black hole where we could experience time dilation like in the movie Interstellar?
As we seen in Interstellar movie Copper goes to a planet where he experienced time dilation which was 1 hour of staying on that planet will cost the 7 years on the earth. So, is there any planet or ...
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What if a primordial black hole went through the Sun?
How much mass would the Sun lose to a primordial black hole that (initially) has 10 Earth masses, passing through or close to the center of the Sun at solar escape velocity? How massive would the Sun ...
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Do neutron stars have an ergosphere?
Ergospheres are a property of black holes, and do neutron stars have it? If yes, why seldom article mentions that; if no, why can't neutron stars have this ergosphere component?
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Why is a black hole's Hawking radiation temperature inversely proportional to its mass/size?
As a black hole shrinks in volume and mass, shouldn't its temperature get lower? Shouldn't it evaporate more slowly?
Naively, (very naively), I think that with a smaller surface area (as per its ...
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Why black holes look black to us?
Why black holes look black to us?
The question might sound weird but my head stuck in it. As we know objects that fall into the black holes seem to remain unchanged in its event horizon due to the ...
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Would a black hole passing next to a star create a deadly focal point due to gravitational lensing?
Black holes bend all kinds of radiation thanks to their giant gravity. Now imagine that a black hole passes close to some star (we know of cases when black hole devours a star). Star emits massive ...
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Could all spiral-galaxies with black holes at their centers be connected via the BH themselves or Einstein-Rosen-Bridges?
If it's true that almost every spiral-galaxy has a black hole at its center,
then I have this question.
Could all these galaxies be connected via their black holes, or their Einstein-Rosen-Bridges?
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Why are event horizons described in Schwarzschild radii rather than diameters, and either way can they change equator to pole?
I never heard of Schwarzschild diameters, only of Schwarzschild radii. Why is it like this? Wouldn't it be better to portray the (possible) size of a black hole in a diameter?
Either way, can we use ...
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What if the two Black Holes spiraling around each other are evaporating via their Hawking radiation?
A non-technical explanation
In a Gravitational Wave event, the point is that in this event when Black Holes are spiraling around each other, they will cause the very fabric of Space-time to ripple and ...
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Is the angular size of the black hole in the movie “interstellar” completely overblown?
I assume everybody is tired of reading questions derived from the movie Interstellar, I will try to keep this short and simple:
In general in movies, in order to have stunning visuals, celestial ...
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What methodology should be used to choose the correct model for origin of QPOs in X-ray astronomy?
In X-ray astronomy, quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) are routinely shown by black hole and neutron star X-ray binary systems in their X-ray flux. Despite being strong and easily measurable signals, ...
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Why doesn't the black hole in the center of the Milky Way glow similarly to the famous M87 image?
The M87 image made some astronomers famous recently as the first image of a black hole.
In the Milky Way, it has been concluded that there must be a black hole due to the movement of stars near the ...
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Will the Sagittarius A* Black Hole eventually swallow the entire Galaxy?
In one of his interviews, Sir Roger Penrose mentioned that when the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies eventually "collide" and merge into one, their super-massive black holes will also ...
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Can two singularities combine into one? [duplicate]
We know that black holes can collide and merge, but if they each have a singularity at the core, how can the two singularities merge and become one? Wouldn't the mere fact of a second singularity in ...
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Was our Universe born inside a Black Hole [duplicate]
Is there any possibility that our Universe was just born inside a Black Hole? If so, then mathematically prove that it happened and if it didn't happen, then please mathematically disprove it.
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How do dark stars form?
I'm not referring to a star made of dark matter or a Newtonian dark star. I'm talking about a star powered by dark matter annihilation. I imagine it would form close to the centers of galaxies where ...
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Black Hole Collision & Gravitational Waves
The Gravitational waves detected by LIGO on 14th September 2015 are attributed to a collision of two black holes, which had been rotating near the speed of light around each other just before the ...
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Does this black hole mass/galaxy stellar mass relation hold for extremely low-mass galaxies?
I read a preprint last week (Palmese & Conselice 2020) that suggested that the recent gravitational wave detection GW190521 could be the end result of a merger of two extremely low-mass galaxies. ...
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Catalogue of black holes
Where can one find a reliable list of black holes that have been discovered/observed so far, directly or indirectly, along with their properties, like mass, spin, etc.?
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Are black holes considered part of baryonic content of universe?
Are black holes (like those detected by LIGO, for instance) part of baryonic content of universe or part of dark matter? Why?
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What would happen on earth if there was a surge in gravitational waves [duplicate]
There are claims that when massive objects merge some of their mass is converted to gravitational energy. Such as the following links:
https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/38727/2305
https://youtu.be/...
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GW190521 black hole merger total mass calculation and missing mass, how does this happen?
I have just read an article about that black hole merge event (it's in Italian):
Sette miliardi di anni fa, due mostri si unirono
What made me curious is that the article tell that a 66 solar mass ...
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Why isn't IMBH candidate GW190521 very “chirpy”? Which types of events will produce the most chirp-like behavior?
The first gravitational wave observations were noted for their "chirp-like" behavior; the objects would speed up as they got closer, radiating more strongly and therefore loosing energy ...
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How does hawking radiation work without virtual particles?
How does hawking radiation work without the existence for virtual particles? I read that certain quantum fields are distorted when a black hole forms on top of them. But what fields specifically? If ...
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How do accretion disks around black holes evaporate via winds?
I'm curious as to how accretion disks around black holes evaporate. I've heard winds play a crucial role in this. But what winds specifically and how do they form? Is it a stellar wind of sorts? If so ...
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How String Theory calculates the Entropy of the Black Hole in a Background dependent way?
How does string theory get an agreement to the Hawking-Bekenstein equations to calculate the quantum entropy of a black hole in a background dependent way?
Is there any sort of area parameter in ...
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Can Axions escape the Black Holes?
I read about Tachyons and Gravitational Waves and also about Exotic matter, really nothing can escape a Black Hole, can Axions escape for providing a new hope?
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Black Hole - energy and matter
Can someone explain what is happening with energy (e.g. light) and matter which was collected by a black hole?
I suppose that matter builds a black hole's mass and size, but what about light? Does it ...
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Can an event horizon form with the observer already inside?
I am on a planet orbting a star around the center of the milky way (assume no supermassive blackhole there). By some mechanism, mass starting from the outer part of the galaxy gets pushed inward until ...
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Have I nearly found the event horizon of a black hole?
The calculator on the website https://planetcalc.com/1758/ cites Wikipedia's Gravitational acceleration and implements:
$$g = G \frac{M}{(R + h)^2}$$
For a black hole with mass $M$ equal to 5 solar ...
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How many solar masses is the central black hole in the Whirlpool Galaxy?
I am having trouble finding the mass of the central black hole in the Whirlpool Galaxy M51a/NGC5194, it is stated that its companion galaxy NGC5195 has a supermassive black hole at its centre that is ...
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If Planet Nine is a primordial black hole could it explain 'Oumuamua and Borisov's orbits without them being interstellar?
There has been an increasing amount of interest in the possibility of primordial black holes and that Planet Nine may be one itself. Planet Nine is a potential explanation for the orbital ...
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Is there or will there be any search after a primordial black hole 500 au from the Sun?
Since 2019 it is proposed that the hypothetical Planet IX may in fact be a primordial black hole. Black holes are being looked after differently than planets. You can look for a gravitational lens or ...
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Charged black holes selective eaters
We have a charged black hole which is negatively charged. For this simple case the black hole is not rotating.
If a negatively charged particle approaches the singularity the electromagnetic repulsion ...
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How can black holes spin if they're singularities? [duplicate]
How can black holes spin if the event horizon isn't a surface but just the border between where light can escape and where it can't? A black hole is assumed to be a singularity or the "entrance&...
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Velocity of ringularity
How fast is a ringularity1 spinning? Spinning black holes are created from spinning stars.
The angular momentum of the 'parent' star must be conserved so spinning black holes are spinning much much ...
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Spinning black holes acting as a slingshot
Could we use spinning black to act as a skyhook giving us enough energy boost to travel the galaxy?
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Could a near collision with small black hole account for the effects of the 9th planet?
Much interest has been raised about the existence of a 9th planet. One reason for this is the strange orbits of bodies in the outer solar system. Could the orbits be explained by a near collision of a ...
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Mathematical Analysis of Blackhole
Mathematically, for black holes old enough that the stellar material has collapsed all the way into
the singularity, the region between the horizon and the singularity is occupied by a spacetime
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