Black holes don't get bigger in the traditional sense. As they suck in mass=
past their event horizon (which is the point at which the speed of light=
is no longer fast enough to escape the pull of gravity) the mass=
accumulates in an accretion disk, finally funneling down to the black hole=
itself...which is a single one-dimensional point of infinite density.=
This point has a set mass, which increases as more matter is sucked down=
to that point...but it never gets any bigger, because gravity has=
compressed it to nothingness.
This could get into an interesting conversation if anyone is knowledgeable=
about this stuff. :)
Michael Mays
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On 12/31/1969 at 10:02 PM Jim Witte wrote:
>On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 06:54 PM, Victor Rehorst wrote:
>> -If you think it's a troll, don't feed it. They only get bigger and
>> hairier.
>
> Just found this wondering through my semi-recent archives and though,
>"hmm, just like a black hole. Except that black holes have no hair." (Any
>physicists here?)
>
>Jim
>
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