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Published online 18 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-21
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How to survive in a black hole
There's no escape, but how can you maximize your remaining time?
So there you are: you discover that your spaceship has inadvertently slipped across the event horizon of a black hole — the boundary beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape the hole's fearsome gravity. The only question is how you can maximize the time you have left.
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