Can light orbit a black hole?
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Can light orbit a black hole?
Black Holes:
No force in the known universe can compare with that of a black hole, the remnants of a supermassive star that collapsed upon itself. Scientists have only recently identified and mapped black holes in our galaxy.
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View this answerYes, light can hypothetically orbit around a black hole if it passes the black hole's Schwarzschild radius, the "point of no return" where...
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Black Holes: the Event Horizon and Schwarzschild Radius
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Chapter 16 / Lesson 18Learn about the Schwarzschild radius as it pertains to black holes. Topics include the event horizon of a black hole and how Einstein used the Schwarzschild metric.
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