Star orbits black hole at 1% the speed of light.

[tjoneslo]

https://www.sciencealert.com/astron...-a-black-hole-at-1-percent-the-speed-of-light

It takes 28 minutes for one orbit. TFA indicates the white dwarf used to be closer but as material was stripped off the now lighter star moves further out.

 

[Spinward Scout]

TFA indicates the white dwarf used to be closer but as material was stripped off the now lighter star moves further out.

So you can escape the gravity of a black hole, then. You just have to lose mass.

 

[whulorigan]

So you can escape the gravity of a black hole, then. You just have to lose mass.

You can escape the gravity of a black hole as long as you remain above the Event Horizon. Once you pass the Event Horizon, you are doomed.