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Learn about Black Holes — Simply Explained
Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so incredibly strong that nothing — not even light — can escape. They form when massive stars collapse at the end of their lives, crushing their core into an infinitely dense point called a singularity.
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What happens if you fall into a black hole?+
You’d experience ‘spaghettification’ — the difference in gravitational pull between your head and feet would stretch you into a long thin strand. Time would also slow down relative to outside observers.
Can black holes destroy Earth?+
The nearest known black hole is over 1,000 light-years away, so Earth is in no danger. Black holes don’t ‘suck’ things in — they only capture objects that get very close.
How big can a black hole get?+
Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can be billions of times the mass of our Sun. The one at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, is about 4 million solar masses.
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