From where does the extreme gravity of a black hole originate?

Subject: From where does the extreme gravity of a black hole originate?

Date: Mon Jun 5 13:37:07 2000
Posted by Bill Henson
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Pittsburg State University
City: Independence State/Province: KS Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 960226627.As

Message:


As I understand it, gravity is primarily a function of mass inversely 
proportional to distance. A black hole is a collapsed star which retains 
all of its original mass as a pinpoint of matter. If the collapsed star 
retains all of its original mass, but doesn't increase in mass, from where 
does the intense gravition come? After all, the original star didn't have 
such intense gravitation that even light could not escape, and it didn't 
act like a giant vacuuum sucking all matter into it.

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