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We don’t know what happens to stuff when it gets sucked into a black hole, but in the same instance, we don’t know what happens to the black hole. There’s a possibility that sucked up stuff might actually give the black hole “quantum hair”.
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Sources:
quantamagazine.org/stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-keeps-physicists-puzzled-20180314
quantamagazine.org/the-most-famous-paradox-in-physics-nears-its-end-20201029
arxiv.org/abs/1905.08762
quantamagazine.org/in-violation-of-einstein-black-holes-might-have-hair-20210211
arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/9605059.pdf
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2019)063
arxiv.org/abs/2202.02584
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322001290
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.111301
bbc.com/news/science-environment-60708711
theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/17/quantum-hair-could-resolve-stephen-hawking-black-hole-paradox-say-scientists
eurekalert.org/news-releases/737766
journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.L021502
preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/09/21/115-netta-engelhardt-on-black-hole-information-wormholes-and-quantum-gravity
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermassive_black_hole.jpg
eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13197
gettyimages.com/detail/video/animation-of-supermassive-black-hole-accretion-disk-of-stock-footage/1270840418
gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole-stock-footage/1338974297
gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-astronaut-is-sucked-into-a-massive-black-hole-loop-stock-footage/1083055448
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Hawking_NASA_50th_200804210002HQ.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/black-hole-with-gravitational-lens-effect-and-the-royalty-free-image/915366348?adppopup=true
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13043
gettyimages.com/detail/video/bent-spacetime-warped-grid-wormhole-funnel-dimensional-stock-footage/1251622440?adppopup=true
storyblocks.com/video/stock/animation-of-supermassive-black-hole-accretion-disk-of-matter-on-the-event-horizon-of-black-hole-ruzzpggcbk27ybi3w
images.nasa.gov/details-jsc2019m000564_HistoricMissionControl_FB_MP4.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zero-to-black-hole_spacetime_curvature.ogv
gettyimages.com/detail/video/pink-lines-abstract-background-stock-footage/1319921946
storyblocks.com/video/stock/3d-animation-of-space-flight-through-space-towards-blue-nebula-suitable-for-scientific-presentations-and-sci-fi-projects-rhhhafqalj167sqyv
We don’t know what happens to stuff when it gets sucked into a black hole, but in the same instance, we don’t know what happens to the black hole. There’s a possibility that sucked up stuff might actually give the black hole “quantum hair”.
Hosted By: Reid Reimers
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks!
Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace
Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Twitter: twitter.com/scishow
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Sources:
quantamagazine.org/stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-keeps-physicists-puzzled-20180314
quantamagazine.org/the-most-famous-paradox-in-physics-nears-its-end-20201029
arxiv.org/abs/1905.08762
quantamagazine.org/in-violation-of-einstein-black-holes-might-have-hair-20210211
arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/9605059.pdf
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2019)063
arxiv.org/abs/2202.02584
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322001290
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.111301
bbc.com/news/science-environment-60708711
theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/17/quantum-hair-could-resolve-stephen-hawking-black-hole-paradox-say-scientists
eurekalert.org/news-releases/737766
journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.L021502
preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/09/21/115-netta-engelhardt-on-black-hole-information-wormholes-and-quantum-gravity
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermassive_black_hole.jpg
eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13197
gettyimages.com/detail/video/animation-of-supermassive-black-hole-accretion-disk-of-stock-footage/1270840418
gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole-stock-footage/1338974297
gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-astronaut-is-sucked-into-a-massive-black-hole-loop-stock-footage/1083055448
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Hawking_NASA_50th_200804210002HQ.jpg
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/black-hole-with-gravitational-lens-effect-and-the-royalty-free-image/915366348?adppopup=true
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13043
gettyimages.com/detail/video/bent-spacetime-warped-grid-wormhole-funnel-dimensional-stock-footage/1251622440?adppopup=true
storyblocks.com/video/stock/animation-of-supermassive-black-hole-accretion-disk-of-matter-on-the-event-horizon-of-black-hole-ruzzpggcbk27ybi3w
images.nasa.gov/details-jsc2019m000564_HistoricMissionControl_FB_MP4.html
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zero-to-black-hole_spacetime_curvature.ogv
gettyimages.com/detail/video/pink-lines-abstract-background-stock-footage/1319921946
storyblocks.com/video/stock/3d-animation-of-space-flight-through-space-towards-blue-nebula-suitable-for-scientific-presentations-and-sci-fi-projects-rhhhafqalj167sqyv
