niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIf gravitons are particles, can it be said that they are like radiation around a black hole, and if so, why doesn't the black hole lose energy/mass from it?message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down12
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareIf gravitons are particles, can it be said that they are like radiation around a black hole, and if so, why doesn't the black hole lose energy/mass from it?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoGravitons are hypothetical. We don’t have any measurable evidence that they exist at all. But, black holes do lose energy and mass from emissions! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
minus-squarearthur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoUntil we find them, and understand how they work, the best description of how gravity is from relativity: a deformation of spacetime’s fabric.
Gravitons are hypothetical. We don’t have any measurable evidence that they exist at all.
But, black holes do lose energy and mass from emissions! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
Until we find them, and understand how they work, the best description of how gravity is from relativity: a deformation of spacetime’s fabric.