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It was mentioned in the context of time dilation near black holes, specifically that someone falling into a black hole would appear frozen relative to an observer outside the event horizon.
The New York Times science journalist from the 60s and 70s, Walter Sullivan, wrote a book called Frozen Star back in the early days of black holes, where if you see someone about to fall in, they're b...
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It was mentioned in the context of time dilation near black holes, specifically that someone falling into a black hole would appear frozen relative to an observer outside the event horizon.
The New York Times science journalist from the 60s and 70s, Walter Sullivan, wrote a book called Frozen Star back in the early days of black holes, where if you see someone about to fall in, they're basically frozen relative to you. You'll just see them just sort of paused.
And that was used in... That's been used in a number of places.
Episode: Cosmic Queries – Black Hole Survival Guide
It was mentioned as a book inspired by the concept of time dilation near a black hole, where an observer at a distance would perceive a falling object slowing down and freezing.
And it was inspired by the fact that time, the relative time between someone falling into a black hole and someone safely at a distance, the person at a safe distance would report that that person gets slower and slower and slower and then just freezes there.