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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re:  Light
Message-ID: <871@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:03:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 16:03:11 1985
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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In article <102@denelvx.UUCP> art@denelvx.UUCP (Art Coleman) writes:
>
>Does this mean that light DOES excape a black hole, but at a wavelength
>(IE: frequency?) so high or low as to be undetectable?

No, light does not escape.  In the interior of a black hole, space is
curved in such a manner that all directions lead inward toward the
center.  Light still travels 'at the speed of light', but no matter
which direction it goes, its path leads inward.
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