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How Deep is a Black Hole?

01/10/2026 1:57 PM

Is space time infinity "Stretchable", if so how far can a black hole stretch space time?

Can space time be warped to the point that it punctures? ie: A worm hole?

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01/10/2026 4:39 PM

I guess I am a bit set aback.

I was today years old when I finally noticed this. You, my friend, are using a username that is very similar to another member.

I mean no disrespect when I observe that, with the sheer volume these deep thoughts and questions you bring to us, I speculate that sleeping is not something that you actually do very much of.

N’est-ce pas?

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01/11/2026 1:12 AM

Is he a clone, or is he starting over? dementia/old age? The type of question is identical to the original.

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01/12/2026 8:14 PM

Busted!

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01/11/2026 3:22 AM

Is it really a black hole for a hole is a tube but the tube can not be seen so is it more like a manhole cover or should that be a person hole cover in the times of wokery?

We are told that everything stops at the event horizon which tends to prove a black hole is more like a disk world. If it is a disk world then why can't we see the giant turtle carrying on its back the four elephants holding the disk world aloft as Terry Pratchett wrote there of?

So should we not call it a black disk or patch, not like the one worn by pirates which helps them see in the dark, though with black holes we need something to help us see into the dark of their existence.

You postulate that a black hole could stretch to become a worm hole, but this may just be another grubby argument of fruity persuasion. This is food for thought but best not to find half a worm in the hole.

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01/25/2026 1:49 PM

Since all matter sucked into a black hole is spaghettified, I would imagine it to be a blob of tightly wrapped strings, stratified by density.

I would also imagine the point of no return to get smaller as the mass of the hole gains mass and the area external to this point to become larger.

It may actually be much stronger than merely trapping the speed of C.

We cannot conceive of it, but that does not mean it is not possible.

The speed of sound was once thought to be the maximum anything could travel.

One day, future generations will look back at our present technology as we look back on the stone age.

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Re: How Deep is a Black Hole?

01/11/2026 10:13 AM

You cannot judge the depth of a (black) hole by the length of the handle on the pump.

Yes it causes a deep dip in space time but it may not be a physical hole with depth.

It seems to be a massif object sitting in space .

Did it gained mass when it turned black ?

I will ask if I ever meet up with one - if you promise to do the sane.

Was distortion of a black hole ever observed ?

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01/11/2026 11:34 AM

I am not an expert in this area, but I understand that the depth of a black hole can't be measured. It isn’t a “deep hole” the way we think of one on Earth. It’s a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light. Because of that, we can’t measure any kind of “depth” inside it. What I believe scientists can measure is the size of the black hole’s outer boundary, called the event horizon—the point where you can’t come back out. That size depends on the black hole’s mass and can range from just a few miles across for small ones to billions of miles across for the giant ones at the centers of galaxies. So the meaningful measurement isn’t depth, but the radius of that boundary. I hope this is in line with what you are asking.

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01/14/2026 9:32 PM

Take that radius and divide by two?

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01/12/2026 11:07 AM

I don’t believe you will ever see or measure one. Every time we turn CERN on, it demonstrates that matter can not be superposition-ed.

But we will find toroidal stars. Or rotationally braided plasma structures. Particle accelerators. The center of our MW.

Stars do not form matter and elements. Stars break matter down. And spread isolated charged particles thru out the cosmos. The acceleration from the star keeps them inert with one another.

With eons of burning stars, most matter is probably in this state. A dark rarefied state.

With a density gradient of particles surrounding every star/galaxy. It’s this density gradient that bows light.

Space is just emptiness. Without property. All physicality and all property comes from perpetual accelerated charge. Perpetually accelerated with a twisted braided EM field.

That includes time also. The rate of that twist.

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01/15/2026 4:51 AM

Is there a limit to space time stretching ?

If there is it may snap and cause a big bang!

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01/16/2026 9:13 AM

This is the story of Science and Invention.

That was a deep one!

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01/20/2026 11:09 PM

One of the classic cartoons that couldn't be made today.

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Re: How Deep is a Black Hole?

02/11/2026 12:08 PM

The concept of <...Deep...> is only applicable to flat-ish spacetime where there is a weak distortion that is called gravity. The depth of a <...black hole...> is therefore inconsistent with its structure, and unable to be determined, as the distortion is so huge.

Any attempt to measure it risks spaghettification, and therefore the value of such a measurement is negligible.

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