No Black Holes This is a companion prediction to: A Gravity Limit; and is about the future of gravity theory. First of all let me say: what are we seeing if we are not seeing black holes? The answer is we are seeing the extreme of gravity. Even without black holes there is still an extreme of gravity. There are problems with what Einstein's General Relativity actually predicts in the case of black holes. Stephen Hawking has said that GR, Einstein's theory of gravity, predicts its own downfall by predicting singularities. Singularities are the cores of "black holes." The theory predicts infinite gravity - infinite curved space-time at the heart of every black hole. Infinite physical quantities simply don't exist. Hawking though did not go far enough. He saw the problem of infininities at the singularity but he did not see another infinity that is predicted at the surface of a "black hole"which is called the Event Horizon. General Relativity predicts an Einstein shift; a phenomenon of light being emitted gravitationally redshifted. The stronger the gravity the greater the redshift of light at emission. Taking this to its logical conclusion it can be seen that an infinite redshift to light takes place at the Event Horizon. Energyless light? Light of infinite wavelength? This infinity predicted at the event horizon is a second failure of GR in the case of Black Holes. I say black holes are GR's very failure. In solving for this new infinity(actually overlooked) we find that light can only be redshifted a finite amount and that because of this there are no longer any theoretical boundaries to light. Instead of black holes the extreme of gravity could better be described as "Dim Holes." The light emitted around them would only be dimmer. Light wouldn't be captured and it would simply be emitted more redshifted the closer you get to gravity's extreme. The interesting thing that comes out of the contemplation of light's redshift is that close enough to what I call a Dim Hole light might be emitted of arbitrarily large wavelength. It can't be infinite. That is the problem with "black" holes. But what if a wave of light is so redshifted that its size is larger than the universe? Where is it going to fit? I call this the Redshift Paradox. Where is it going to fit? And how long will we have to wait for it? These are questions facing the very future of physics. |