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Old 10-17-2002, 09:06 AM  
hjnet
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Originally posted by StacyCat
OKay, black holes do not "suck" or eat anything. For an example, if the sun overnight turned into a black hole (wouldnt happen, but just pretend) the orbits of the planets would remain the same. Its a mass that has colapsed on itself, it doesnt suck light into it, it just doesnt let light out.

Not exactly, everything which is within the Event Horizon (I hope I´ve translated that the right way) would be "sucked" towards the center of the black hole, even light
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