What is the nearest black hole to Earth 2022? Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth. The dormant black hole, dubbed Gaia BH1, sits 1,600 light-years away – three times closer than the last black hole to hold...
What would happen if the Sun entered a black hole? Contrary to popular belief, the Solar System would not be sucked in: a solar-mass black hole would exert no more gravitational pull than our Sun. As this computer simulation shows, the...
Will a black hole ever hit the Earth? What are the chances of Earth being consumed by a black hole? Experts who spoke to Newsweek said there is practically zero chance of the Earth ever colliding with a black hole before...
How long until Earth goes into a black hole? Experts who spoke to Newsweek said there is practically zero chance of the Earth ever colliding with a black hole before it is swallowed by the sun in around five billion years’...
Can the Sun survive a black hole? Our Sun is too small a star to end its life as a black hole. But what would happen if the Sun were suddenly replaced with a black hole of the same mass? Contrary...
What is the closest black hole to Earth 2021? Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i, one of the twin telescopes of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, which the...
How many suns can a black hole eat? The giant black hole is already huge and due its massive size, it can sustain the diet of one sun a day. According to Christopher Onker, the lead author of a study published...
How big would a Sun black hole be? For example, our Sun would become a black hole if its mass was contained within a sphere about 2.5 km across. Our Earth would need to be compressed to a size smaller than...
Can a supernova destroy the sun? They release lots of dust into space, which is used to make more stars and planets. Our solar system was made using stuff from these explosions. Even humans are made of star stuff! If the...
What happens if the Sun becomes a red giant? When the Sun exhausts it hydrogen fuel and enters its Red Giant phase it will expand to roughly 100 times its present size. This will make the distance from the Sun to...