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# How Does Gravity Escape A Black Hole?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/how-does-gravity-escape-a-black-hole-lsonvx/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:12:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:46:21.000Z
- Description: We explore how a black hole manages to communicate its gravitational force.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 8, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_3978cceb-e846-4c6b-ac7b-be961b01b61b, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Fact: in a black hole, all of the mass is concentrated at the singularity at the very center. Fact: every black hole singularity is surrounded by an event horizon. Nothing can escape from within the event horizon unless it can travel faster than light. Fact: gravity travels at the speed of light. So how does a black hole manage to communicate its gravitational force to the outside universe?