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2208073 No.2208073 [Reply] [Original]

So what would happen if all of a sudden a black hole caught on fire?

>> No.2208076

Whoever wins, we lose.

>> No.2208082

>>2208076
why am i laughing so hard

>> No.2208090

Well, to answer this question, we have to figure out whether or not a black hole is even flammable....

>> No.2208094

>>2208090
Why wouldn't it be?

>> No.2208096

>>2208094
Null hypothesis: Why would it be?

>> No.2208102

>>2208096
Black people burn pretty well. Why not black holes?

>> No.2208107

>>2208096
I am OP and I urge you to speculate on the matter!

>> No.2208109

>>2208102
Actually, all humans burn pretty poorly, regardless of skin color. Also, reported for KKK

>> No.2208110

>>2208073
Stephen Hawking would write another book.

>> No.2208111

>>2208096
oh look its another pseudo intellectual namefag attention whoring on /sci/

>> No.2208129

Clearly black holes can ignite because everything black is easier to heat. Black holes are super black, and therefore super easy to heat. I rest my case!

>> No.2208135

>>2208129
Heating=/=Igniting

>> No.2208143

>>2208135
This is wrongful logic, as anything that burns does so by being heated.

>> No.2208163

>>2208143
Ah, but it must be heated to a certain point before it ignites. So not every increase in heat leads to ignition. Furthermore, it is extremely unlikely that black holes are mostly made of combustible materials.

>> No.2208173

>>2208163
I say, if you use enough heat anything will burn. Including black holes!

>> No.2208180

>>2208173
No, it might undergo a change of state or some chemical reaction that is not burning. In order for it to burn, it must have certain chemical properties.

>> No.2208196

>>2208180
I sayeth that such a black hole with such properties exist! And burn, it will!

>> No.2208204

>>2208180
All it needs is oxygen. Plenty of that in space.

>> No.2208211

>>2208204
Black holes occur on earth, I read that in an illustrated science magazine!

>> No.2208212

don't tell me the center of the universe is VY Canis Majoris

>> No.2208223

I get it now! A star is just a black whole that caught on fire!

>> No.2208229

wb cebnter of eath? it all firey, same with sun, and when a star get even more gravity it explodes, a black hole has more gravity then you could even imagine, it would be on fire but u wouldnt see it cause the gravity would suck back in the fire/ light kthxbye

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>> No.2208250

>>2208238
Entropy?

>> No.2208260

Oil?

>> No.2208263

>>2208260
Sun?

>> No.2208265

Why don't we pour gasoline in it and throw a match in?

>> No.2208272

>>2208265
Is it possible to go inside a black hole? Isn't it more like.. Going on top of it?

>> No.2208278

>>2208272
The safest way is to approach it from beneath. That way you won't fall into it.

>> No.2208280

I can promise you no one here knows.

>> No.2208281

>>2208272

You don't really have to go close, just shoot the gasoline and it'll fly in by itself!

>> No.2208283

>>2208280
I request /sci/ proves what will happen to a black hole if it caught on fire using advanced maths.

>> No.2208289

I actually published three papers concerning the exact topic the OP is discussing.
Basically it comes down to gravitational potential energy automagically [edit: removes D-brane derivation of em-rC coupling] converting to mass.
The mass is annihilated very quickly, however, in a matter of ~10^-12 seconds, ejecting a plasma jet not unlike a typical quasar. If you consider the sun to be on fire, then you can say the black suddenly caught fire!

Links to papers, if you really care. It's, of course, all theoretical.

>> No.2208291

>>2208283
A black hole cannot catch on fire, because fire requires certain chemical elements, and a black hole has absolutely none.

>> No.2208298

>>2208291
That didn't stop men from building an airplane, and before you say that is a bad argument, think about it for two days.

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2208300

>what would happen if all of a sudden a black hole caught on fire?

It's called a quasar, and they're the brightest known things in the universe.

>> No.2208313

>>2208298
I won't think of it for a second. It's not a matter of technical limitation, it's a matter of definition.

By definition a black hole is inflammable. Do you wish to change that definition? Too bad, you're a moron who'll never make any contribution to any effort put forth by humanity. You're a worthless piece of shit and should go jump into the nearest gravity well.

>> No.2208314

>>2208109
actually now I am curious if pigmentation affects flamability of the skin.

>> No.2208333

>>2208180
>it might undergo a change of state or some chemical reaction that is not burning.
FFS there are no chemical reactions AT ALL into neutron star or even worse a a black hole!

>> No.2208338

>>2208314
I doubt it makes a significant difference in the flammability itself. Now the amount you would like the person to catch fire on the other hand...

>> No.2208340

>>2208333
How would you know? Ever visited one?

>> No.2208349

>>2208333
i am not even sure if any chemical reaction can happen in white dwarfs with all that electron degeneration and astrophysics mambo-jumbo voodoo.

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2208366

>>2208340
Yes.

u jelly?

btw I have only one day to live

ask a time-traveller anything

>> No.2208374

>>2208366
Can you light a black hole on fire?

>> No.2208390

>>2208374
yes

that makes time travel feasible

>> No.2208398
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2208398

What part of a black hole is flammable?

>> No.2208429

>>2208398
the crust (do not confuse it with the earths crust, it's the almost-singularity part that physically manifests in conventional dimensions)

>> No.2208447

>>2208429

Having never heard of this structure, I'll need you to show me the evidence of its existence and explain it to me.

>> No.2208451

>>2208429
and it's crunchy

>> No.2208453

>>2208398
the hair

>> No.2208455

>>2208447
I am just a janitor man.

I just repeat what I memorized in third grade.

>> No.2208456

>>2208455

I suspect your recollection of it may be flawed.

>> No.2208478

>>2208456
No, it's as simple as it gets when you grasp the basics about multivariable calculus on hyperpolytopic surfaces.

>> No.2208532

>>2208478

If that were the case, you would have been able to answer me. You are being dishonest with me.