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    Can a Black Hole "star" commit fusion, would the photons collect inside the star, would the photons degrade into something else?

    Normal matter can't exist in inside a black hole, it has already collapsed past the point where fusion is possible. (a neutron star is essentially already a giant nucleus) The energy of the photon would be conserved as part of the total mass. This is a case where viewing light as an energy wave...
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    Anybody know how often/when Jupiter will eclipse Saturn as seen from Earth?

    Jupiter is less than an arc minute so it would obviously be a rare conjunction.