Black hole physics and general conversation to understand and communicate ideas about black holes.

[Leestachler]

Could it be that a black hole works the same way that sodium does under pressure? The electrons are packed so tight that the light passes directly through? The black hole allows light to pass through and around it's space time mass?

 

[Meteoric Marmot]

Could it be that a black hole works the same way that sodium does under pressure? The electrons are packed so tight that the light passes directly through? The black hole allows light to pass through and around it's space time mass?

The "photo" of the black hole produced earlier (last year?) suggests that the answer to that is "No" as stars should have been visible through the hole. The data was heavily massaged to produce the image, so it is definitely not definitive proof of the negative.