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  2. Event horizon - Wikipedia

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    In astrophysics, an event horizon is a boundary beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Wolfgang Rindler coined the term in the 1950s. [1]In 1784, John Michell proposed that gravity can be strong enough in the vicinity of massive compact objects that even light cannot escape. [2]

  3. Absolute horizon - Wikipedia

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    An absolute horizon is thought of as the boundary of a black hole. In the context of black holes, the absolute horizon is generally referred to as an event horizon, though this is often used as a more general term for all types of horizons. The absolute horizon is just one type of horizon.

  4. Parallel universes in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In Event Horizon (1997), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, a space ship accidentally travels to another dimension (implied to be hell), turning the crew insane and driving them to kill each other. Some films present parallel realities that are actually different contrasting versions of the narrative itself.

  5. Horizon (general relativity) - Wikipedia

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    Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect the observer, thus referring to a black hole's boundary and the boundary of an expanding universe; Apparent horizon, a surface defined in general relativity; Cauchy horizon, a surface found in the study of Cauchy problems; Cosmological horizon, a limit of observability

  6. Event Horizon (film) - Wikipedia

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    Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S ... and a longer version of the "Visions From Hell" scene during Miller's final ...

  7. Trapped surface - Wikipedia

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    Closed trapped surfaces are a concept used in black hole solutions of general relativity [1] which describe the inner region of an event horizon. Roger Penrose defined the notion of closed trapped surfaces in 1965. [2] A trapped surface is one where light is not moving away from the black hole.

  8. Schwarzschild radius - Wikipedia

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    As the Schwarzschild radius is linearly related to mass, while the enclosed volume corresponds to the third power of the radius, small black holes are therefore much more dense than large ones. The volume enclosed in the event horizon of the most massive black holes has an average density lower than main sequence stars.

  9. Kugelblitz (astrophysics) - Wikipedia

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    A study published in Physical Review Letters in 2024 argues that the formation of a kugelblitz is impossible due to dissipative quantum effects like vacuum polarization, which prevent sufficient energy buildup to create an event horizon. [3] The study concludes that such a phenomenon cannot occur in any realistic scenario within our universe.