Robert Karl Stonjek wrote:

[...]

The physicists are quick to assure astronomers and astrophysicists that what
is observed in gravity pulling masses together still holds true, but what is
controversial about the new finding is that "from an external viewer's point
it takes an infinite amount of time to form an event horizon and that the
clock for the objects falling into the black hole appears to slow down to
zero," said Krauss, director of Case's Center for Education and Research in
Cosmology.

Do astronomers need assurances from physicists these days?
de Sitter must have taken his notes when he left the company.


Sue...


He continued "this is one of the factors that led us to rethink this
problem, and we hope our proposal at the very least will stimulate a broader
reconsideration of these issues."

If black holes exist in the universe, the astrophysicists speculate they
were formed only at the beginning of time.

Source: Case Western Reserve University
http://www.physorg.com/news101560368.html

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Robert Karl Stonjek