View Single Post
Old 06-07-2007, 03:03 AM   #6 (permalink)
gunnut
Senior Contributor
 
gunnut's Avatar
 
Join Date: 01-27-06
Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia
Posts: 10,275
Country:
Question: if nothing can travel faster than light, then how does a blackhole work?

The gravitational acceleration of a blackhole exceeds the speed of light, that's why light cannot escape the pull of the blackhole's gravity.

Of course conventional wisdom doesn't work beyond 30% of the speed of light. We have to ditch mechanics and move to relativity at that speed.
__________________
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
gunnut is offline   Reply With Quote