Black holes are known to be dangerous but how bad are they really? Imagine going to space and getting sucked into a black hole, but how do they work?
Black holes eat anything that comes near it. Now, nothing can escape it, like if a human tried to get away it would never work because the pull from it is so strong. Luckily, there have been no documented cases of a human getting sucked into a black hole.
The closest black hole to earth is TON618 and it is 1,500 light years away. The farthest from earth is QSO J0313-1806 and it is 13 billion light years away. So, black holes are far away from earth.
So, we know that black holes eat everything but then why wouldn’t a black hole eat the whole universe? The reason why is because everything that is close to a black hole gets eaten but if you are far enough away you will not get sucked in.
Now, what will happen if you fall into a black hole? Basically, time would change completely. John Badham, a teacher at West, explained it using a scenario,“let’s say that a astronaut was gone for an hour. To that astronaut it would be an hour but…to everyone else it would be like 200-300 years.” Nasa scientists think, that then you will get compressed and stretched. When scientists were looking at a black hole, they saw the black hole ripping stars apart. So, getting sucked into a black hole would be absolutely terrifying.
We do not necessarily know how many black holes there are in space because is space is very big, how many black holes do you think are there?
Works Cited
Badham, John. West Middle School Teacher. Interview on 11/14/24.
NASA. “Black Hole Basics.” https://science.nasa.gov/universe/black-holes/ November 11, 2024.
NASA. “10 questions you might have about black holes” https://science.nasa.gov/universe/10-questions-you-might-have-about-black-holes/November 11,2024
