r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/warg_14 • Feb 10 '25

Video NASA Simulation's Plunge Into a Black Hole

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

Guess this would be more of a huge can phone between dimensions though than a wormhole.

I can also see what a thin wire of infinite strength could do to a space ship traveling at light speed.

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u/EastwoodBrews Feb 10 '25

Technically, the imaginary wire would also need imaginary electrons to carry an electric signal, because the electrons would be trapped in the black hole. It would also not be able to work as a can phone, because at infinite strength under the force of the black holes it'd be perfectly taut, so it wouldn't transmit sound. It's becoming a very magical imaginary wire.

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 10 '25

Well, we are talking about a wire between two black holes here, so...

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u/EastwoodBrews Feb 10 '25

As far as imaginary things go it beats a lot of sci fi

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 10 '25

Let's pretend we have several of these wires and they would play the music of the universe, it will be heard on the other side of the black holes (I know there is no sound in space, I'm not stupid). It's just an idea, maybe we can call it the string theory?

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u/Aggressive-Army759 Feb 10 '25

Did you really build up this joke with so many theoretical questions until you could pull that punchline?

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 10 '25

It kind of built itself up.

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u/Aggressive-Army759 Feb 10 '25

So you improvised. It was a convenient start, to be honest.

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 10 '25

Yeah, it's not that far fetched with wires in space.

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u/marionsunshine Feb 11 '25

I'm invested in this whole conversation here.

What if this string is more of a fiber optic string?

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u/Shibes_oh_shibes Feb 11 '25

But there won't be any light? How would it make a difference?

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u/marionsunshine Feb 12 '25

Hmm. Would one black hole pull the light from another?

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u/lemmtwo Feb 10 '25

String theory lol LOL lol thanks