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How a Black Hole Splits Light by Polarization ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Kerr black holes as circular polarizers"
· De-Chang Dai
arXiv:2511.22276 · 2025-11-27 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · General Relativity Galaxies
A spinning black hole, like a cosmic whirlpool, focuses left- and right-twisted light into points separated by a trillion kilometers — more than the size of Earth.
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Light passing by an extremely spinning black hole splits: rays with left and right circular polarization fall to Earth in different hemispheres, at a distance of more than a trillion kilometers. This will allow astronomers to catch polarization signals and study these invisible giants.

🎯 A spinning black hole drags the very fabric of reality with it, like a giant whirlpool, and this splits light into left- and right-twisted rays.

🎬 In science fiction, such as in Star Trek, variable polarization is part of sensor systems. This same effect could inspire real methods for observing black holes.

Scientists
Stephen HawkingJacob BekensteinAlbert EinsteinFritz ZwickyVera RubinBernhard Riemann
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black hole spacetime curvature photometry
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Hawking radiationgravitational lensingBekenstein-Hawking entropyEinstein field equationsStefan–Boltzmann lawequivalence principle
Original: arXiv:2511.22276 · CC BY · bridge42worlds