Comment by Wavster on 13/09/2023 at 17:22 UTC

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How „big“ ist a singularity? How can some black holes have more mass than others and still have all that mass in a single point?

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Comment by BluScr33n at 13/09/2023 at 18:13 UTC

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Singularities are purely mathematical artefacts. They are a sympthom of our mathematical theories failing, i.e. when we divide by 0. There is no reason to assume they are a real thing.