As I understand it black holes are infinitely dense. Yet some are larger because they’ve consumed more material than others.
So I’m confused because if they are infinitely dense shouldn’t they all be the same size? Or is infinity + a few hundred solar systems larger than just infinity? Maybe I just don’t understand infinity that well…
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Black holes most likely are not infinitely dense. There’s a point at the middle where the math breaks down and the density trends toward infinity but we don’t think that’s what *actually* happens in there. We just don’t have any way to observe it and don’t know what math to use to describe it. If a black hole really did achieve infinite density it would suck in the entire Universe, and we’re pretty sure that’s not happening.
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