Event horizon: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Jonathan Douglas Pulliam
No edit summary
 
mNo edit summary
 
(4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{subpages}}
An '''event horizon''' is one of the primary features of a [[black hole]].  Specifically, an event horizon is a gravitational field surrounding a black hole.  Once the event horizon of a black hole is reached by an object, that object cannot escape, including even light.
An '''event horizon''' is one of the primary features of a [[black hole]].  Specifically, an event horizon is a gravitational field surrounding a black hole.  Once the event horizon of a black hole is reached by an object, that object cannot escape, including even light.
This horizon is also known as the Schwarzschild radius.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

Latest revision as of 12:00, 14 August 2024

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

An event horizon is one of the primary features of a black hole. Specifically, an event horizon is a gravitational field surrounding a black hole. Once the event horizon of a black hole is reached by an object, that object cannot escape, including even light. This horizon is also known as the Schwarzschild radius.