Time distortion black holes?

Question

how is time distorted as you get closer to a black hole?

Answer 1

Black holes distort spacetime so as you enter the event horizon it's not just space that gets distorted but also time.

Answer 2

The distortion of time is directly correlated to the magnitude of the exertion of gravity over a particular area of space. Gravity bends the fabric of the cosmos and likewise affects the speed of time. Therefore time will move at slower speeds when the amount of gravitational force increases. This is all explained in Einstein's relativity theory.

Answer 3

There is no absolute time in the universe which means there is different time or space-time in different places. And as many people know gravity can bend anything including light and time. So, black holes being a place of very strong gravity can probably change time.

A fantastic book to settle all of your questions is A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking. I highly recommend it. One of my brothers friends recommended it to me and i am only 14.  

Answer 4

So far as I remember, time NEVER distorts any other way than to appear to go slower than normal.  As you approach the event horizon, your apparent timeline will slow down.  You wan't details, go read a book by Stephen Hawking.

Answer 5

Time goes more slowly close to a large gravity field (it may require a rotating gravity field, I'm not exactly clear on that part). In a true black hole, time would be completely stopped right at the middle. However, true total collapse can never occur in our universe, for precisely that reason; the collapse itself slows down as the increasing gravity slows down the rate at which time passes, and reaching a singularity would require infinite time, while black holes have finite lifespans due to Hawking radiation.

Answer 6

As a consequence of Einstein's Theory of Relativity time flows slower in a gravitational field.  That's because gravity was theorized to be a curvature in space-time, so time is distorted.  The curvature of space-time itself is also equated with the phenomenon of acceleration, which also affects the passage of time.  The flow of time is only significantly effected by extreme space-time curvatures, as in near the event horizon of black holes.