Question

Why can’t we see anything past the event horizon?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe “sandwich” of space folds over, preventing anyone from seeing anything.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe “sandwich” of space folds over, preventing anyone from seeing anything.%0D%0A%0D%0ALight helps us see things and no light can escape out of—or be present in—a black hole.%0D%0A%0D%0ALight helps us see things and no light can escape out of—or be present in—a black hole.%0D%0A%0D%0ALight intensifies inside a black hole, blinding anyone who peers past the event horizon.%0D%0A%0D%0ALight intensifies inside a black hole, blinding anyone who peers past the event horizon.%0D%0A%0D%0ABlack holes destroy all light within 1,600 AU of their singularities, so we can’t see anything near or inside a black hole.

Answer 1

Light helps us see things and no light can escape out of—or be present in—a black hole.

Reason: the event horizon is a boundary beyond which nothing (not even light) can escape to the outside, so no information from inside can reach us. Signals from infalling matter are also infinitely redshifted as seen from far away, so we cannot see past the horizon.