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Why is an accretion disk formed around a black hole instead of all the matter getting absorbed by the black hole instantaneously? Does this mean that black holes have a limit for rate at which matter can be absorbed?

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If I am on a boat and a Sperm whale clicks say about 30 feet below me can I hear the sound above on the air?

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Michael from Vsauce said that two baseballs in space left a meter apart will attract together and collide after 3 days due to their own gravity. Is this possible in the orbit of an Earth's man-made satellite? If so why hasn't anyone filmed it?

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Why is an accretion disk formed around a black hole instead of all the matter getting absorbed by the black hole instantaneously? Does this mean that black holes have a limit for rate at which matter can be absorbed?	36
If I am on a boat and a Sperm whale clicks say about 30 feet below me can I hear the sound above on the air?	1
Michael from Vsauce said that two baseballs in space left a meter apart will attract together and collide after 3 days due to their own gravity. Is this possible in the orbit of an Earth's man-made satellite? If so why hasn't anyone filmed it?	0