D3nt Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I was watching a show on the Discovery Channel the other day, "Super Massive Black Holes" and I got to thinking. Despite the size of a black hole, whether it be normal or supermassive, wouldn't the speed at which an object falls break lightspeed? I know that the nature of black holes is still not totally understood, and that conventional physics rarely applies to these seeming anomalies, but it would seem that the fastest thing in the universe is not light, but gravity. Since gravitational acceleration is dependant on the mass of one object atracting another, and the mass of blackholes is constantly growing, could one presume that there is no definitive maximum limit on speed? Dent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 No the object wouldnt break lightspeed - and there is already a thread about the speed of gravity, just do a quick search and you will find it :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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