Theoretical appearance of a black hole
Summary[]
A Black Hole is a region of space-time where gravity is so dense that nothing, which includes particles or even electromagnetic radiation like light itself, can escape from it's immense pull. They are formed when matter is squeezed into an immensely small space, with such examples include the death of supergiant stars. Theoretically, anything can become a black hole if it's reduced to a size so small that it collapses in on itself. As a result of Black Holes also pulling in light, they are practically invisible to the naked eye or by technology, with the only way to see them is through coming into contact with stars, forming high-energy light. Through this, scientist use satellites and telescopes in space to see the high-energy light.
The Standards[]
Black Holes Can't Be Destroyed[]
The most important standard in regards to whether a black hole is a real one or a fake one is whether it can be destroyed. An actual black hole can't be destroyed and the reasons for this is multiple. Their singularities are infinitely small and as such, exerting force onto it would make the energy also such. In essence, adding more energy to a black hole will only cause it to expand more, as black holes rely on energy to sustain themselves
The second reason is due to the fact that to do so, one would have to remove mass and or energy from it, which is deemed impossible by inconventional physics, as even with infinite energy, it's impossible to make matter accelerate at speeds faster than light. In fiction, the general assumption is that attacks are done from energy in some form, as such, it would conflict with one of the basics of black holes if one was physically destroyed
While they can't be destroyed physically, there are other methods that are proposed to destroy black holes, some of these include:
- Hawking Radiation: It proposes that energy is produced at the border of the event horizon and as a result of conversion of energy, negative energy/particles are shot into the black hole, causing the energy to lessen with time
- Information Paradox: Hawking’s theory implies that with time a black hole would eventually evaporate away, leaving nothing. In quantum mechanics, it's proposed that nothing can ever truly be lost, which includes information. The notion of a black hole withholding information forever would conflict with quantum mechanics fundamentally
Black Holes Can't Be Touched[]
It's entirely possible to move a black hole around, as it still abides by the law of conservation of momentum. So throwing anything into the black hole will add to it's existing momentum. The issue arises when a black hole is tangible, as in, can be held in your hands (or do anything that implies the black hole has physicality). The Event Horizon is an intangible aspect of a black hole and thus can't be grabbed, although, it is possible to interact with one through the singularity , although given it destroys everything in it's path, it's nigh-impossible
Black Holes & 3rd Dimensionality[]
Blackholes, by their very nature, are hard to escape and this is a result of gravity. In science, it's said that gravity isn't a force and is more akin to a geometrical feature of spacetime. Once something is past the event horizon, it's unable to escape and this is a result of a black holes taking a light cone shape (also known as the light cone model). This proposes that once something passes the event horizon it will just travel further into the black hole no matter in which direction it goes. This applies to charatcers who are below the speed of light, as logically, a character who is faster is able to escape this, unless they are at the singularity, which would require infinite speed to escape at that point
Due to the nature of black holes, their destructive prowess comes from their tidal forces (also known as spaghettification), which causes destruction to things through through the different strength of force on different points of the body. In simplier terms, the points closest to the black hole get accelerated stronger than points further away, causing the stretching of whatever entered
As a result of the above, any 3-D character would be destroyed due to the tidal forces and would be destroyed on a quantum level. Surviving a black hole typically isn't seen as a durability feat and merely resistance to those who can withstand it's effects and this it's due to it's effects being not compatible with the system
Black Holes Can't Appear[]
Due to the universal law that is the speed of light, of which even gravity is bound to, a black hole can't move or extend faster than light. This includes it disappearing this fast as well. These elements also call into the question of the quality of the black hole
Black Holes Collapsing[]
A Black Hole can collapse through hawking radiation, however, this typically takes an immensely long time. It's said to take about 8e+56 years for a 1 centimeter big black hole to disintergrate and much larger ones, such as the smallest one found in the universe, take about 1e+69 years to collapse. This means that surviving one through hawking radiation is hardily a durability feat
In fiction, this might be different, as it might not take as long, however, if the method in which is collapsed isn't mentioned then it shouldn't be considered a durability feat. The only time this would count for durability, is if it's a black hole collapse and the person was standing close to or outside the event horizon. This is due to the fact that things within the event horizon aren't hit with energy and the energy radiating outwards is actually just produced outside the event horizon