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by simpsons
Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:38 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: How can a black hole have electric charge?
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Re: How can a black hole have electric charge?

If you want to adopt a particle description of the electromagnetic force, as being mediated by photons, then virtual photons can get out of a black hole because they can travel faster than light. However, we can't observe them, because they're virtual. Real photons, which we can observe, cannot esca...