Dark Star (Newtonian Mechanics)
A dark star is a theoretical object compatible with Newtonian mechanics that, due to its large mass, has a surface escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light. How light is affected by gravity under Newtonian mechanics is questionable but if it were accelerated the same way as projectiles, any light emitted at the surface of a dark star would be trapped by the star’s gravity, rendering it dark, hence the name.
Unlike a modern black hole, the object behind the horizon is assumed to be stable against collapse.
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Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or star:
“The mind too closes as it were. As the window might close of a dark empty room.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“The flame from the angel’s sword in the garden of Eden has been catalysed into the atom bomb; God’s thunderbolt became blunted, so man’s dunderbolt has become the steel star of destruction.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)