This is the full question. The question itself isnt enough. There is a binary system. A black hole and a bright star. They are orbiting just barely at a safe distance so the black hole doesnt gobble the star up. Around that binary, there are planets. At a distasnce where they treat the star and black hole as one mass. But what happens to these planets when the black hole eclipses the star?
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Black holes are entirely imaginary, so it depends on your imagination. Everything we think we know comes from somebody imagining how the laws of physics would apply if such a thing existed. But people have always been remarkably inept at predicting things they haven't seen, and black holes by definition can't be seen.
Well I think this situation is impossible because the black hole would devour the planets, but lets assume it is possible. From the view of the planet everything would be dark. And depending on the size and distance of the black hole, you could see the light from the star being bent.
