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Formation of a black hole and Hawking radiation
From the perspective of an outside observer it takes infinitely long for the black hole to form.
But if the black hole is no extremal black hole, it emits Hawking radiation.
So the outside observer ...
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What do you feel when crossing the event horizon?
I have heard the claim over and over that you won't feel anything when crossing the event horizon as the curvature is not very large. But the fundamental fact remains that information cannot pass ...
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How can anything ever fall into a black hole as seen from an outside observer?
The event horizon of a black hole is where gravity is such that not even light can escape. This is also the point I understand that according to Einstein time dilation will be infinite for a ...