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muvlonyesterday at 9:44 PM1 replyview on HN

No, a classic GR black hole does not have its own magnetic field. It can have electric charge, along with mass and spin, but that's it.

There is a somewhat fringe alternative idea called a MECO, which can have a magnetic field. Unlike some of the other fringe black hole alternatives, this one at least produces falsifiable predictions.


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cholmdomskyyesterday at 11:27 PM

I suppose what I meant to have asked was, can an external magnetic field intersect with a black hole's event horizon and then escape?

For instance, with these theoretical tiny black holes, what would happen if you held a powerful magnet close enough for the lines of flux to actually intersect the event horizon?