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Pete, the images we see on graphics regarding black holes depict it as a whirlpool or tornado type of structure pulling matter into the vortex. Perhaps this is a poor depiction. If this is the structure there should be another end as there is in a whirlpool or tornado. In that case does it pull matt...

Doum, thanks for a reply that addresses the question. Your answer and my beliefs agree. Another question, "What does the other side of a black hole look like? Does it take in matter from both sides? Is it possable black holes produce the dark matter and dark energy we can't find?" I don't ...

A very interesting event, The subject of my inquiry dealt with black holes and mass and the discussion went to the big bang theory. It would be nice if the responses stayed somewhat related to the inquiry rather than morphing to promoting your own theories not related to the subject. Thanks for lett...

All I have heard re: black holes is that they "eat" matter that falls into them. Do black holes actually destroy matter, thus reducing the total mass of the universe, do they transform matter into another form and redistribute it back into the universe, thus maintaining the total mass of t...