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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by yesbabyyes on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:47AM (#40728255)
Another mind-blowing perspective is from that of a single photon; since time slows when approaching c, from its perspective it's eternal, and, since distance shrinks when approaching c, from its perspective it's also omnipresent.
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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by d1sxeyes on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:05AM (#40728432)
Well, it's not exactly eternal, it's that time is not passing for that photon. It's also (as far as I can tell) only correct to say that distances shrink as speed increases when you're talking about massive objects. A photon would not experience space contraction in any meaningful way.
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Re:Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time by ImHereToVote on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:05AM (#40736888)
By eternal you mean the photon will "experience" being a phonon when it's absorbed by matter?
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