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Descent into the Maelström
Mass-energy, so General Relativity tells us, puts dents in Space-time. Most concentrations of mass-energy, like stars, planets and galaxies, form shallow dents. Black Holes go deeper, forming an inescapable waterfall of space-time inwards to their centres. The closest that light can approach and still escape is the so-called Event Horizon, which forms a spherical boundary […]