Why do black holes have external gravity?

Subject: Why do black holes have external gravity?

Date: Sat Mar 31 03:15:11 2007
Posted by Jeremy
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Area of science: Astronomy
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Why do black holes have an external gravitational pull if nothing can exceed the
speed of light - including gravity / gravitational waves. Surely any mass that
falls inside the black hole will no longer be 'visible' gravitationally outside
the black hole.

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