What happens when stuff gets sucked into a black hole?

In the case of black holes, the pull is so strong that nothing – not even light – can escape. A black hole is so massive that time itself starts to warp. You wouldn’t feel anything different as you fell in, but to anyone watching, you would appear to slow.

What comes out the other side of a black hole?

The discovery of light from the other side of a black hole was predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity. But it has never actually happened before, and the discovery marks the first time that light has ever been directly observed coming from behind a black hole.

How did an accretion disk help us see the black hole?

As our viewpoint rotates around the black hole, we see different parts of the fast-moving gas in the accretion disk moving directly toward us. This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a carnival mirror.

How long does a black hole accretion disk last?

The duration of GRB prompt emission can last from 0.01 – 2 seconds (short bursts) up to 2 – 500 seconds (long bursts) and may be explained by merging compact objects or failed supernovae (collapsars), respectively.

What is accretion theory?

Accretion Theory is the theory that the particles that formed after the big bang slowly clustered together to form asteroids, planets, and even stars. This happens as a cloud of gaseous material & dust compresses to form an Accretion disc, which serves as a catalyst for the formation of a sun and the rest of a galaxy.

Where does the distortion occur in a black hole?

The greatest distortion occurs when viewing the system nearly edgewise. As our viewpoint rotates around the black hole, we see different parts of the fast-moving gas in the accretion disk moving directly toward us.

How can we see a black hole?

Jerry: The black hole itself can’t be seen but if it has a nearby star circling it, some material from that star is stripped off and just before it gets sucked into the black hole, it gives off enormous radiation. That’s how we observe it.

Why is one side of a black hole brighter than another?

As our viewpoint rotates around the black hole, we see different parts of the fast-moving gas in the accretion disk moving directly toward us. Due to a phenomenon called “relativistic Doppler beaming,” gas in the disk that’s moving toward us makes that side of the disk appear brighter, the opposite side darker.

What are the effects of a black hole on a star?

Jerry: At a large distance from black holes, there really are no effects except for its gravity. This is interesting because, for example, if the sun were a black hole instead of a normal star, we would hardly see its effects because we’d only feel the same amount of gravity and nothing else from the black hole.