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Letter: Black hole measurement could prove rather tricky

Published 7 February 2024

From Dave Rogerson, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK

In reading about how to solve the black hole paradox, assuming that all of the physical problems of making a measurement within an atom’s width of an event horizon were overcome, then how long would it take to make such a measurement, given the time dilation effects of being so close to a supermassive black hole (13 January, p 10)?

Issue no. 3477 published 10 February 2024

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