User: Gavin Polhemus

Re:Singularity?

On: What Would It Look Like To Fall Into a Black Hole?

We use general relativity until we get to the singularity. Then the video stops. Up until that point general relativity is fine.

Re:In other words

On: What Would It Look Like To Fall Into a Black Hole?

These visualizations can be done, in HD, on Andrew Hamilton's laptop in a few minutes of computing time.

Re:In other words

On: What Would It Look Like To Fall Into a Black Hole?

Andrew Hamilton also made HD versions used in a planetarium show, a NOVA program, and a program on National Geographic. We do hope to get many more people interested in science, as well as improve our understanding of black holes.

Re:Black holes have an infinite radius

On: What Would It Look Like To Fall Into a Black Hole?

We think that you just fall in; you don't see the Hawking radiation or the hole shrinking. Your path into the black hole ends at the singularity before you see much happen to the black hole.