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I've wondered how blackholes have a similar 2d shape as with hurricanes and whirlpools where the center is empty. What if the inside of a blackhole is devoid o
by _8j50 3y ago
I've wondered how blackholes have a similar 2d shape as with hurricanes and whirlpools where the center is empty. What if the inside of a blackhole is devoid of all things including spacetime, although that doesn't make good scifi.
- andrewflnr 3y agoI believe this actually is one of the hypotheses about black hole interiors, though I forget the name. Nothing to do with terrestrial storms or vortices, though; a black hole doesn't have to have any rotation at all.
- _8j50 3y agoCool. > a black hole doesn't have to have any rotation at all. How about the gravity or hawking radiation it emanates. I am actually surprised that matter falling into a blackhole isn't whirlpooling around it.
- andrewflnr 3y agoInfalling matter usually is "whirlpooling", see "accretion disk". That's a separate question from the structure of the black hole itself and whether there's anything inside the event horizon.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoThere are rotating black holes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_black_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_black_hole).
- andrewflnr 3y agoYes, obviously most real black holes are rotating. I didn't say otherwise.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoAh, I see. I misread your previous post.