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According to general relativity, if an object keeps moving and warping space and then gets lost by entering a black hole, do all of the distortions in the space caused by that object get lost? Or do the distortions get back to where they began?

There is an answer by Navid that says it is possible for the distortions that happened in space by the object to disappear.

Well, first of all, my imagination says that space will keep warping if an object keeps moving. Meaning that the peak of the distortion keeps increasing; now if there is a case where the distortions will disappear, then wouldn't this come to mind that a new black hole would happen because there is a loss of space? By new black hole, I mean the disappeared or lost space between the destination black hole and the beginning position of the object. My other imagination is that when objects move in space, they carry the space with themselves and don't keep stretching or warping the space.

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Final answer:

According to general relativity, distortions caused by an object entering a black hole do not reemerge or affect other areas of space outside the black hole.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to general relativity, the presence of mass or energy distorts or curves the space and time around it. When an object moves in space, it carries the space with itself and does not stretch or warp the space. When an object enters a black hole, it collapses to a singularity and creates an infinite curvature of space.

At this point, the object and its distortions become trapped inside the black hole, and they do not reemerge or affect other areas of space outside the black hole.

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