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What would enable us to see black holes?

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Black holes might be seen by their Hawking radiation, but that radiation is expected to be extremely weak. It is more likely that a black hole would be seen:

  • By matter falling into it. Before reaching the event horizon, the tremendous acceleration will produce electromagnetic waves (X-rays, for example).
    • By observing the movement of other objects around the black hole.
    • By gravitational lensing. All of these depend on the gravity of the black hole.

      Black holes might be seen by their Hawking radiation, but that radiation is expected to be extremely weak. It is more likely that a black hole would be seen:
    • By matter falling into it. Before reaching the event horizon, the tremendous acceleration will produce electromagnetic waves (X-rays, for example).
    • By observing the movement of other objects around the black hole.
    • By gravitational lensing. All of these depend on the gravity of the black hole.

      Black holes might be seen by their Hawking radiation, but that radiation is expected to be extremely weak. It is more likely that a black hole would be seen:
    • By matter falling into it. Before reaching the event horizon, the tremendous acceleration will produce electromagnetic waves (X-rays, for example).
    • By observing the movement of other objects around the black hole.
    • By gravitational lensing. All of these depend on the gravity of the black hole.

      Black holes might be seen by their Hawking radiation, but that radiation is expected to be extremely weak. It is more likely that a black hole would be seen:
    • By matter falling into it. Before reaching the event horizon, the tremendous acceleration will produce electromagnetic waves (X-rays, for example).
    • By observing the movement of other objects around the black hole.
    • By gravitational lensing. All of these depend on the gravity of the black hole.
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    Black holes might be seen by their Hawking radiation, but that radiation is expected to be extremely weak. It is more likely that a black hole would be seen:

  • By matter falling into it. Before reaching the event horizon, the tremendous acceleration will produce electromagnetic waves (X-rays, for example).
    • By observing the movement of other objects around the black hole.
    • By gravitational lensing. All of these depend on the gravity of the black hole.
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