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What would happen if two blackholes of the same size collided?
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You would have one blackhole with twice the mass of the original two.
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XaLEv wrote:You would have one blackhole with the COMBINED mass of the original two.
Damn lack of edit...
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Or they would rip each other apart.... Or possible form a stable worm-hole the main thing is we don't have a @%@% clue what would happen give we've never see it happen and even Steven Hawkings said, how the @%@% should I know? when asked about it

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It would form a crack in the event horizon. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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You'd have another test of general relativity. Or at least, if we had some effective gravitational wave detectors, you'd have another test of general relativity.
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Post by gravity »

XaLEv wrote:You would have one blackhole with the COMBINED mass of the original two.

Damn lack of edit...
Actually, it *would* also be twice the mass if they were the same size, as a black hole's radius is directly proportional to its mass.
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The masses would combine to form an even more massive object. This is a possible explanation for the "super-massive" black holes at the center of galaxies.
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A larger black hole, not exactily combine mass of the two original.. Some of the MAss of the would be lost as Gravity waves when the two holes collide...
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Evil Jerk wrote:It would form a crack in the event horizon. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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I read somewhere that 1/3 of the total mass would be converted into gamma rays.

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