Black Holes are cool!

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Ace195

what happens if a black hole were to form near another black hole, would the older black hole win ? j/k.. It's still makes me wonder what would happen if a black hole were to form near another would it inturn suck the other in ?

Ummm. I dont think that is possible. A black hole is formed when a star gets so large that its gravity is too much for its structure to support itself. The result is that the star collapses in on itself, and because of the extreme gravity, it continues to collapse upon itself. This repeated process of collapsing eventaully results in the gravitational powerhouse we know as a black hole. Also, black holes only have a certain "power radius." Its almost like an invisible line is drawn at a certain distance from the blackhole. Within that line, everything with mass is sucked in. Something could be just an inch on the other side of the line, and the hole would have no effect on it.

So, in order for two black holes to form within each others "power radius", you would basically have to have two stars right next to each other. I realize that this is possible in a binary star system, but in binary star systems, one star is usually larger (with more gravity) and eventually "wins" on the tug-o-war battle. In this case, it would be virtually impossible for two stars to be in a binary star system and BOTH of them be larger enough to form black holes.

Its not impossible, but its highly improbable. Evidence of its high improbability is shown through the fact that we have never seen a "binary holes".

But, the thought of twin holes being next to each other is a odd thing to consider....

Like, what if they got sucked into each other????