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How fast can a black hole spin?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Make a Black Hole Spin Fast

The bigger the black hole, the faster it can spin. If you have more energy in your spin than you do in your mass, then the event horizon shrinks. We don't think that it's against the rules of general relativity to crack open a black hole this way by overspinning it. But there's no way to like, step by step, make this happen.

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