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Speed of light is constant?
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crystalonyx
Well-Known Member
I think Hawking proved that the speed of particles on the event horizon of a black hole can exceed the speed of light.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Actually, we don't know why the speed of light is what it is, nor why it is constant.wubs23 said:
I believe the reference was to the needed speed to escape a black hole: The escape velocity of a particle must exceed the speed of light. And it's because of this particular character of the black hole that it remains black. Even light cannot exceed C.
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crystalonyx
Well-Known Member
Hawking showed, of course, that black holes disintegrate over time, until all mass is lost, due to the "Hawking radiation". This imples that particles do exceed the speed of light in the special case of black holes.
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Hawking radiation originates from the event horizon, not from the singularity. Nothing travels faster than light.
