Reply to post: Re: Plasma Spewing

Prof Hawking cracks riddle of black holes – which may be portals to other universes

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: Plasma Spewing

"I didn't understand how, with a gravity field able to hoover up light and compress matter to a near singularity it could spew out plasma which could then escape the boundary of the event horizon."

The same reason a dyson doesn't have much dust going through the motor.

The "cyclone effect" flings most of the matter outwards. Only 2-3% of what's in the accretion sidk is destined to cross the event horizon.

Black holes are messier eaters than Cookie Monster.

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