Falling In
Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole
A commonly asked question is " What would happen if I fell into a black hole?" Well, here is the answer in super long paragraph form:
Note: Scientists' ideas about what would happen if you fell into a black hole are pure theory since no one has ever journeyed into a black hole and that they would die if they did.
Okay, here it goes. As you approch the event horizon, you'd just be floating around, enjoying the view as much as you could enjoy something heading towards a black hole, and not seeing anything out of the ordinary.However, for your friends on the spacecraft, it's a whole different story. For them, you would seem to slowly slow down until you freeze in place. After that, you'd appear to become dimmer as the light that was bouncing off of you became trapped in the black hole's immense gravity. It would seem as if you somehow avoided the black hole, while in reality, you're being ripped to shreds through a process called 'spaghettification'. During spaghettification, the gravity pulling on whichever side of your body goes in first is much greater than on the other side, stretching you like gum and then completely ripping you apart. Some people think that while you're fallng in, you are being engulfed in utter darkness. This isn't true. What would happen is your view of the outside universe would become distorted. The area above and below you would appear to redshift and the area around your waist would appear to blueshift. THEN you would see total darkness because, of course, you'd be ripped completely to shreds. I strongly advise against trying to beat the odds and survive a journey into a black hole.
Another theory about what happens when you fall into a black hole is the wormhole theory. The wormhole theory states that black holes join two points in space-time, creating universal shortcuts and time warps.
Note: Scientists' ideas about what would happen if you fell into a black hole are pure theory since no one has ever journeyed into a black hole and that they would die if they did.
Okay, here it goes. As you approch the event horizon, you'd just be floating around, enjoying the view as much as you could enjoy something heading towards a black hole, and not seeing anything out of the ordinary.However, for your friends on the spacecraft, it's a whole different story. For them, you would seem to slowly slow down until you freeze in place. After that, you'd appear to become dimmer as the light that was bouncing off of you became trapped in the black hole's immense gravity. It would seem as if you somehow avoided the black hole, while in reality, you're being ripped to shreds through a process called 'spaghettification'. During spaghettification, the gravity pulling on whichever side of your body goes in first is much greater than on the other side, stretching you like gum and then completely ripping you apart. Some people think that while you're fallng in, you are being engulfed in utter darkness. This isn't true. What would happen is your view of the outside universe would become distorted. The area above and below you would appear to redshift and the area around your waist would appear to blueshift. THEN you would see total darkness because, of course, you'd be ripped completely to shreds. I strongly advise against trying to beat the odds and survive a journey into a black hole.
Another theory about what happens when you fall into a black hole is the wormhole theory. The wormhole theory states that black holes join two points in space-time, creating universal shortcuts and time warps.
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