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[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You'd also likely burn to death pretty early on in the process. Like, the moment you cross the event horizon, instant death.

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually you wouldn't notice anything special crossing the event horizon. You'd just continue to fall.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like they are referring to the photon sphere.

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I assumed it would be further inward than the photon sphere because heat radiation is (also an assumption) easier for gravity to hold back than light. I don't know how "heavy" a star's heat is, though, so ¯\ˍ(ツ)ˍ/¯

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago

Heat radiation are particles with a mass and a certain speed, they are all by definition heavier and easier to trap than photons.

In terms of escape velocity, nothing can try to escape faster than light.