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minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoInterestingly, galaxies at the edge of our ability to perceive are in fact receding away from us at velocities greater than the speed of light.
minus-squaremonkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoMaybe it’s because they are outside the black hole and aren’t time dilated.
minus-squareQuadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoWouldn’t that mean if we can see them that light can enter/escape a black hole?
minus-squareprocrastitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoEntering and escaping are two wildly different things. It can enter, but not escape.
minus-squareBrisket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoSo that’s what Hotel California was about all along?
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhy is there a warm smell of colitis in the air?
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoLight can enter a black hole perfectly fine - we would be able to see things outside of it, because the light is still following us. No light leaves the black hole (if it’s past the event horizon), so you can’t see into it.
Interestingly, galaxies at the edge of our ability to perceive are in fact receding away from us at velocities greater than the speed of light.
Maybe it’s because they are outside the black hole and aren’t time dilated.
Wouldn’t that mean if we can see them that light can enter/escape a black hole?
Entering and escaping are two wildly different things.
It can enter, but not escape.
So that’s what Hotel California was about all along?
Why is there a warm smell of colitis in the air?
Light can enter a black hole perfectly fine - we would be able to see things outside of it, because the light is still following us. No light leaves the black hole (if it’s past the event horizon), so you can’t see into it.