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Gravity most certainly does affect things without mass, including photons. Gravity is a curvature of spacetime itself. Even Newton's theory predicted this, though he was off by a factor of two.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
IDK, read Stephen Hawkking, he explains stuf well.
One must realize if it is a wormhole, where is the exit? So all those stars would come out somewhere, and this would be a massive amount of energy..... Also, Light Photons have no mass, and gravity doesn not affect things without mass, so how does a BH work? Hawking explained using a rubber mat and bowling balls/marbles and such, but still strange.
My answer? Squashed like a bug under a 4 mile wide comet going half the speed of light when hitting said bug.
Originally posted by Shadow88
although now that i think of it where does this intergalatic drainpipe lead???
It leads back into the universe. As has been said before, whatever enters the black hole gets turned into Hawking radiation. Hawking radiation is the result of the black hole completely destroying the information* about anything that enters. If a black hole ends up with nothing to suck in, it will eventually dissipate and disappear, with all of its mass having been turned into Hawking radiation. If it were any other way, then the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics would be violated, and I'm not sure I want to know what would happen then.
Originally posted by Shadow88
hey think of it like a big sucky drainpipe in your bath. the universe is your bath and the black hole is the plug hole (lets say yur bath is about empty so only the puddles are left. if a puddle were to go too near and fall in)
although now that i think of it where does this intergalatic drainpipe lead???
Originally posted by Undergroundpunk
if a black hole dissapears after a while because it has nothing to consume then is it technically a living life form?
That's actually not too far off. They are able to infer the existence of black holes from objects around them. An object can simply be affected by a black hole's gravity as long as it doesn't touch the event horizon (i.e. the point of no return).
Originally posted by Amorymeltzer
Right on balon0. The way to see something you can't see is to see it affect other things.
"Oh, look. That stuff is all falling into that empty space. Really fast. Hmmm, it's almost as if there's a massive amount of gravity right at that point. OH SNAP! Light being bent? Lemme check this... Yup, it's heavy." (paraphrased)
Originally posted by supercheetahThat's actually not too far off. They are able to infer the existence of black holes from objects around them.