Black Hole Puzzle

Azimuth 2024-11-30

Summary:

The puzzle of 101 starship captains 101 starship captains, bored with life in the Federation, decide to arrange their starships in a line, equally spaced, and let them fall straight into an enormous spherically symmetrical black hole—one right after the other. What does the 50th captain see, the moment their starship crosses the event horizon? […]

Link:

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2024/11/30/black-hole-puzzle/

From feeds:

Online Mathematical Communication » Azimuth

Tags:

astronomy

Authors:

John Baez

Date tagged:

11/30/2024, 19:39

Date published:

11/30/2024, 18:25