re the universe and black holes was re years in article apr iastate edu kv iastate edu warren vonroeschlaub wrote let s say that we drop a marble into the black hole it races ever faster towards the even horizon but thanks to the curving of space caused by the excessive gravity as the object approaches the event horizon it has further to travel integrating the curve gives a time to reach the event horizon of infinity so the math says that nothing can enter a black hole not true only an observer at rest at infinite distance from the black hole will see the particle take infinite time to reach the horizon in the particle s own reference frame it takes a very finite time to reach the horizon and the singularity the math does indeed predict this take a look at mitchner thorne and wheeler s gravitation peter walker don t forget to sing they say there s a heaven for those who will wait some say it s better but i say it ain t i d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints the sinners are much more fun only the good die young
