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 M¢25  Funded By Mahalo ? |  July 16, 2009 05:59 PM

Do black holes follow the law of conservation of energy?

Do black holes violate the laws of conservation of energy?
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July 16, 2009 06:03 PM
No, they don't.
They are captiring energy from light to transform it into heat
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• Has there been any observations where whole galaxies being consumed by supermassive blackholes?


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July 16, 2009 06:07 PM
All physical matter follows the law of conservation of energy. Are there any exceptions other than black holes?

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July 16, 2009 06:17 PM
If potential energy is converted into energy. Then does it follow that energy is converted into heat. Has the law of conservation of energy been preserved?

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July 16, 2009 06:11 PM
@davepamn I love your questions. They are the kind of questions that inspire scientists and researchers to carry on. To discover new and interesting things beyond the physical realm that we now know.

I don't know the answers. Maybe no one does now. But the great nobel prize winners, etc. have asked what you ask. Geniuses (like Ray Kurzweil) constantly ask. Steven Hawking..... etc.......

keep up the great work!!

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July 16, 2009 06:14 PM
The question is based on conclusion by Steven Hawkings. The problem is discovering black hole radiation and evaporation.

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July 16, 2009 06:16 PM
The law of conservation of energy states that "Energy can not be created nor destroyed." Energy is either stored or transformed into work through kinetics.

The Black Hole seems to be a paradox.

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July 16, 2009 07:32 PM
davepamm asks the most though provoking questions, but I wonder what the effect of a Michael Jackson songs electromagentic radio waves going into a black hole would be. or since our radio waves have been traveling for decades now is there a planet with species that can pick up our radio waves and play the audio portion and if so are they also fans of Michael Jackson.

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July 16, 2009 08:54 PM
As gravity increases time slows down. From the radio waves perspective the universe speeds up. If a singularity exists and the energy and matter hit the singularity, information is lost and matter annihilated and energy restored. According to theory.

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