Endercreeper01 Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Do black holes gain mass when matter falls into them?
Strange Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Yes. (And the radius of the event horizon grows proportionally.)
CyborgTriceratops Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 black holes also radiat mass, though they normally do it at a much smaller rate than they gain mass.
Airbrush Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Most of the matter falling into a black hole never enters the event horizon, but rather gets blasted away in polar jets. Black holes are very messy eaters.
ScienceLord Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Following the laws of physics 'I'm assuming', yes, they do. Matter is conserved, so if it is 'sucked in' it would stay in there meaning the black hole has more mass. This gets complicated very quickly, but surely the answer is yes?
Jdaniel343 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Most of the matter falling into a black hole never enters the event horizon, but rather gets blasted away in polar jets. Black holes are very messy eaters. How does this matter escape if nothing can escape a black hole?
Endy0816 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 As long as the matter is outside the event horizon it is still free to go on its merry way.
Jdaniel343 Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 So the jets that they are talking about are outside of the event horizon, correct.
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