Do you also feel these January days to be dark and cold? The joyful times of the holidays are gone; we’re swamped with an infinitely high work-load or face impossible odds at upcoming finals. Relationships with friends, co-workers or even your spouse seems to spin around going through the motions of connection – distance – reconnection and so forth. To sum it up in two words: You have landed in a black hole.
The now past holiday season movie Interstellar brought the concept of black holes onto the screens of movie theaters and thus into our heads. There is some mysticism about black holes and quippy remakes like mine introducing this article, but what is a black whole really?
Black holes are like onions made up of 3 layers. The outer layer is called the Outer Event Horizon. Within the Outer Event Horizon you would still be able to escape from a black hole’s gravity because the gravity is not as strong here. The middle layer of a black hole is called the Inner Event Horizon. If you didn’t escape the black hole’s gravity before you entered the Inner Event Horizon, then you have missed your chance to escape. The gravity in this layer is much stronger and does not let go of objects it captures. At this point you would begin to fall towards the center of the black hole. The center of a black hole is called the Singularity. The Singularity is where the black hole’s gravity is the strongest. In fact, the gravitation is infinitely strong there.
Some scientist believe the singularity is actually another universe, thus a black hole is a doorway to another strange world. As Einstein showed time is intrinsically connected with space thus black holes are also time machines.
If this is all starting to appear too far fechted I recommend you to consult our physics and star-tutor Bruce Allan Marin (Professor BAM) of Brooklyn, NY.
Remember what happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
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