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> but the hole under discussion here is not one of those. That’s not correct: It’s a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy; the tidal forces will b
by libraryofbabel 4y ago
> but the hole under discussion here is not one of those.
That’s not correct: It’s a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy; the tidal forces will be weak at the event horizon.
- lisper 4y agoYeah, I know that's what the news reports say, but I'm pretty sure they got it wrong. A galactic hole doesn't emit radiation (except perhaps Hawking radiation) because its tidal forces are too weak.