the event horizon is effectively a sphere, like inflating a donut-shaped balloon (that can’t pop). Eventually the middle hole is going to close like a sphincter (enjoy that imagery) and the whole thing will approach the shape of a sphere because that’s what anything becomes when you inflate it hugely.
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Shayeta@feddit.org 4 weeks agoIs it theoretically possible to shoot something through the ring? Or does the even horizon completely envelop it?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
The Black hole isn’t a ring, it’s a fuckin sphere, the ring surround it in it’s equator. Grinded material more and more acelerated until almost the speed of light nearby the hole, from where it falls into the hole to end as something nobody knows. Like the swirl formed when you take out the plug of the sink, but the hole in the middle is a sphere.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It is, and you won’t believe what happens!