Are you immortal in a black hole?

For all their extraordinary power, black holes are not immortal. They have a life cycle just like we do. Forty years ago Stephen Hawking, the world’s foremost expert on black holes, announced that they evaporate and shrink because they emit radiation.

Would you be stuck in a black hole forever?

If you find yourself stuck inside a black hole, Stephen Hawking says not to panic: You may die, but all traces of your existence may not be lost forever. Current science suggests that a black hole’s gravity is so strong that absolutely nothing—not even light—can escape once inside.

Would a black hole hurt?

When you start feeling pain depends on the size of the black hole. If you’re falling into a stellar black hole, you’ll start feeling uncomfortable within 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles) of the center, long before you cross the horizon [source: Bunn]. Either way, spaghettification leads to a painful conclusion.

Why is time frozen in a black hole?

As you get closer to a black hole, the flow of time slows down, compared to flow of time far from the hole. (According to Einstein’s theory, any massive body, including the Earth, produces this effect. For example, an object falling into the hole would appear frozen in time at the edge of the hole.

Can a black hole escape the gravitational pull of gravity?

A black hole is an object so compact — usually a collapsed star — that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light. On Earth an object needs to be launched with a speed of 11 km s if it is to escape the planets gravity and go into orbit.

What would happen if you got inside a black hole?

If you got into the event horizon, your perception of space and time would entirely change. At the same time, the immense gravity of the black hole would compress you horizontally and stretch you vertically like a noodle, which is why scientists call this phenomenon (no joke) “spaghettification.”

Will the Earth be pulled into the Milky Way’s black hole?

There is no danger of the Earth (located 26,000 light years away from the Milky Way’s black hole) being pulled in. Future galaxy collisions will cause black holes to grow in size, for example by merging of two black holes.

What is the most distant black hole ever seen?

What is the most distant black hole ever seen? The most distant black hole ever detected is located in a galaxy about 13.1 billion light-years from Earth. (The age of the universe is currently estimated to be about 13.8 billion years, so this means this black hole existed about 690 million years after the Big Bang.)