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An optical black hole is a phenomenon in which slow light is passed through a Bose–Einstein condensate that is itself spinning faster than the local speed of light within to create a vortex capable of trapping the light behind an event horizon just as a gravitational black hole would. [1] Unlike other black hole analogs such as a sonic black ...
Simulated gravitational lensing (black hole passing in front of a background galaxy) In general relativity, light follows the curvature of spacetime, hence when light passes around a massive object, it is bent. This means that the light from an object on the other side will be bent towards an observer's eye, just like an ordinary lens.
It is only restricted by the speed of light. Closer to the black hole spacetime starts to deform. In some convenient coordinate systems, there are more paths going towards the black hole than paths moving away. [Note 1] Inside the event horizon all future time paths bring the particle closer to the center of the black hole.
An animation of how light rays can be gravitationally bent to form a photon sphere. A photon sphere [1] or photon circle [2] arises in a neighbourhood of the event horizon of a black hole where gravity is so strong that emitted photons will not just bend around the black hole but also return to the point where they were emitted from and consequently display boomerang-like properties. [2]
Scientists have seen light from behind a black hole for the first time ever. The astronomers' discovery proves Einstein's predictions right over a century later. Einstein right, again: Researchers ...
Neither light nor particles can escape through this surface from the region inside, hence the name "black hole". Black holes can be classified based on their Schwarzschild radius, or equivalently, by their density, where density is defined as mass of a black hole divided by the volume of its Schwarzschild sphere.
For the first time ever, scientists have seen the light from behind a Einstein right, again: Researchers see light 'echo' around black hole Skip to main content
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