• Question: How dangerous are black holes?

    Asked by anon-252909 to Ry on 4 May 2020.
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      Ry Cutter answered on 4 May 2020:

      It depends how close you are! The centre of our galaxy (the milky way) is a super massive black hole. Because gravity’s strength is dependant on how heavy something is and how close you are to it, being far away means you’re safe. When you get really close though (this means about 1,000,000 kilometers ) the force starts getting a bit more unmanageable.
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      Eventually you’ll get close enough that gravity is stronger at different points of your body so you’ll get stretched out in a process called spaghettification!
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      So I guess, yeah black holes are dangerous, but only if you try an touch it!
      Great Question,
      Ry

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