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Contemplation



Since MERLIN, the acronym for the Multi Element Radio Linked Inerferometer Network, seems to have uncovered the fact that matter being sucked into a black hole can release very hot gases at speeds greater than 90% that of the speed of light, my question is, given the close proximity of these heretofore apparently trapped gases to the black hole (GRS1915),  at what speed might they have  initially been 'set free'?   The massive gravitational pull exerted by the black hole must have greatly reduced their escape.  What does this do to Einstein's notion that nothing can exceed 'c'?  Does this mean what MERLIN captured is a possible photograph of time travel into the past?
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