Hi, welcome to the forum, Astrowannabe.
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Originally Posted by Astrowannabe
As you fall towards the event horizon of the black hole, time dialation will slow down the passage of time. Or, for the unfortuante infalling astronaut, he will see the time for the rest of the universe speed up.
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Not necessarily, it seems.
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Originally Posted by Astrowannabe
We also know that black holes can evaporate. While this takes an extremly long time to happen, It still takes much less time then infinity. So here is my question:
If it takes an infinite amount of time for a chunk of matter to reach the event horizon of a black hole, and the black hole will evaporte completely in less time then that, wouldn't that mean that any matter falling towards a black hole won't acutally reach the event horizon? The black hole should evaporate completely before you ever get there!
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It doesn't take an infinite amount of time for the chunk of matter, only for an outside observer!
'What about Hawking radiation? Won't the black hole evaporate before you get there?'
Take a look at our
Black Hole FAQ thread.