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EnchantedCatto t1_j6u0w7g wrote on February 1, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Reply to comment by pinguin_skipper in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator

Its not really due to a speed requirement, but the curvature of spacetime. Black holes bend spacetime so much that any path sort of wraps around back to the singularity.