Black Holes are cool!

Canyarion · 02-01-2004, 11:58 AM

I still want to learn about the relativity theory of Einstein.

I saw 'Contact' yesterday, the travelling through the space part is awesome!

DimHalo · 02-01-2004, 01:57 PM

sigh, i miss my astronomy class

i think the time shifts and space shifts that would occur when traveling through deep space are one of the most interesting parts of it all

Happydude · 02-01-2004, 03:30 PM

space in general interests me...it's just so.....cool!

GameMaster · 02-01-2004, 03:53 PM

Someday humans will live aboard massive stations in space that cruise at super fast speeds allowing them to live much, much longer then they do on Earth.

Blackmane · 02-02-2004, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

Someday humans will live aboard massive stations in space that cruise at super fast speeds allowing them to live much, much longer then they do on Earth.

Well, only longer if you compare their lifespan to how much time passes on Earth. The people on the spaceship will feel the same timeframe, everyone else just ages more due to relativity.

I found out that you can't actually see something go into a black hole. No matter how long you wait and watch, you won't see anything ever actually go in (if you are watching on the outside) since the gravity of the hole makes it harder and harder for light to get away, so as something gets closer, the light it emits takes longer and longer to get to you.

Fascinating stuff. I have always loved space too.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 02-02-2004, 09:05 PM

ya, i heard about that, as soon as the person crosses the event horizon, theoreticaly they will just seem to freeze on the spot.........they will have already gone in teh black hole, but the gravitational pull would be just enough to keep the photons from moving.....pretty crazy stuff

thatmariolover · 02-03-2004, 05:41 PM

Yes, but the interesting question is whether or not peoples perception of time changes. As you said, everything is relative. To us, it would seem that humans travelling at insane velocities were living a very long time. But would our brains compensate and would we view time the same way we view it now?

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