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    Could black holes be growing inside stars—silently and forever?

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    1. cdurgin on

      My immediate reaction was no, that’s ridiculous, but after reading that article I’m now thinking, no, but maybe?

      What I think is most absurd is they are postulating that naked singularities are a thing. That’s even more wild than the idea of parasitic blackholes within white dwarves. They probably be rare and not very stable, but still. A black hole without an event horizon. A wild idea that would probably have to remain speculation until we go to one in person.

    2. RobbyRobRobertsonJr on

      wouldn’t the gravitational drag from the singularity slow the white dwarfs rotation and then end in a collapse in a short time

    3. bellend1991 on

      Wow that’s a crazy headline. Didn’t read article. I have a question . . .do black holes have a temperature? If yes then will heat flow b/w star and black hole. Temperature is average kinetic energy of molecules is what I understand. Then maybe it’s not a valid parameter for a black hole because nothing inside is wiggling. I have a tough time imagining black holes.

    4. JcoolTheShipbuilder on

      wouldnt the degenerative pressure force matter into the core regardless of how slow its moving?

      Additionally, wouldnt a naked singularity theoretically form if its spinning insanely fast, not intermediate?

      This article is just bogus..

    6. lucidzfl on

      One thing to keep in mind which most people forget about black holes is relativistic time. While it could take .35 micro seconds to go from the event horizon to the “singularity” in elapsed time for a particle to- to an outside observer it could take a googol years. Time is very nearly stopped inside of a black hole.

      I think it would be hard to have a black hole form inside of a star although some have theorized that one may form inside of some neutron stars – and if the neutron star has exotic matter with and event horizon – that horizon may slowly grow to over take the neutron stars shell.

    7. strappedMonkeyback on

      I have believed that black holes are at the center of suns for years!!!! They are the most dense points of tge universe it just makes sense.