Einstein said that the variables in general relativity have no meaning in strong fields and high densities. Does this mean black holes can't really exist?

No, only that the singularities at their cores may not be entirely what General Relativity might predict them to be. Actually, the gravitational fields outside most black holes is not that strong. It is only when you get inside their event horizons that things get weird. But once the horizon forms, to outside observers, you have a bonefide black hole. Einstein's concerns for the conditions of the deep interior are of interest only to mathematicians and physicists.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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