Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSupermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is approaching the cosmic speed limit, dragging space-time along with itwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12cross-posted to: astronomy@mander.xyz
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkSupermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is approaching the cosmic speed limit, dragging space-time along with itwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: astronomy@mander.xyz
minus-squarehenfredemarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoAs far as we understand today, nothing that has mass can travel at the speed of light because it would require infinite energy to reach that speed.
minus-squareqooqie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoYeah that’s what I thought, but black holes are fucking wack so I thought maybe my understanding wasn’t applicable to them things
minus-squareburliman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoBlack holes have infinite density, so they have a good start on breaking some rules.
As far as we understand today, nothing that has mass can travel at the speed of light because it would require infinite energy to reach that speed.
Yeah that’s what I thought, but black holes are fucking wack so I thought maybe my understanding wasn’t applicable to them things
Black holes have infinite density, so they have a good start on breaking some rules.
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