Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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How to Escape a Black Hole
You don't really fall into black holes any more than you do stars or planets, and indeed less so since only the most highly elliptical orbits would crash into a black hole event horizon. Particles of gas and dust fall toward it and generally miss, unless they are almost perfectly on target, and then fly away to enter an orbital pattern. This causes a slow formation of an accretion disk and bits of matter occasionally falling in - no different than a planetary ring except higher energy. Also, you can then boost with your thrusters a bit to get out of that orbit, just like if you were moving around a planet. If you stay too long though, you will get slowed down by
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