Dark star (Newtonian mechanics)
Object with escape velocity exceeding the speed of light / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about astronomical objects described by Newtonian mechanics. For the modern concept based on dark matter, see dark star (dark matter). For the modern concept based on dark energy, see dark energy star.
A dark star is a theoretical object compatible with Newtonian mechanics that, due to its large mass, has a surface escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light. Whether light is affected by gravity under Newtonian mechanics is unclear but if it were accelerated the same way as projectiles, any light emitted at the surface of a dark star would be trapped by the star's gravity, rendering it dark, hence the name. Dark stars are analogous to black holes in general relativity.
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