cm0002@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyz · 4 months agoAstronomers Watched a Black Hole Unexpectedly Flip Its Magnetic Field, Challenging Theoretical Modelswww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoBeing dark doesn’t mean it crossed the event horizon and came out, it just means the light hadn’t been re-emitted yet. It could be orbiting outside for that time.
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Being dark doesn’t mean it crossed the event horizon and came out, it just means the light hadn’t been re-emitted yet. It could be orbiting outside for that time.