This one’s really off topic. I have a question concerning Cosmology and Physics.
I’ve heard this (I'm paraphrasing)- “expansion of the universe is accelerating, scientists don’t know why.”
And this-“there is a super massive black hole at the center of the milkyway galaxy”.
My question is could the gravitational field generated by the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy be warping our local time/space, literally causing time to slow down, and that is why the universe beyond our local time/space seems to be expanding at an increasing rate? If I remember right, Einstein’s theory states that if we came under the influence of a black holes gravitational field, the slower time would flow as we approach it. We wouldn’t notice because time is relative to the observer, and time would appear to be flowing at the same rate to us. We would only notice when looking beyond our local time/space because everything outside would appear to be accelerating. And as we continue to approach the event horizon, to an outside observer, our time/space would appear to slow until it came to a complete stop at the edge of the event horizon.
Why can’t we see the super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy? Again, if I remember right, there is a large cloud of dust blocking our view. Or is that all the galactic debris heading for the event horizon. I took an astronomy class about thirty years ago, so my info may be a little outdated. If my info is incorrect please say so, we must learn from our mistakes or they have no value.