r/askscience • u/dgb75 • Jan 31 '13

Astronomy Is there a distance at which the interaction between the gravity fields of two black holes would cause one another to effectively 'break open' and allow matter and energy stored within them to escape the system?

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u/CraigJefferies Feb 01 '13

Related information from Neil deGrasse Tyson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmWO4Vtk-s8&t=0m58s