How do black holes “consume” light?

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How do black holes “consume” light?

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Think about it, light hits thing -> light bounces off -> light hits our eyes and we see it. Well what if light hits thing -> light bo….. wait it never does because gravity is strong enough to forever pull it towards the singularity rather then let it bounce off/back out of the event horizon. Nothing can possibly move faster then a light particle. Thus, as its mass grows and the gravity becomes stronger, the event horizon expands.

From a physics stand point it makes sense but the requirements to create that scenerio are too insane to ever fully understand beyond what the numbers tell us. Only way to possibly “see” more is if we could harness the power of gravity which will never be possible.

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