What can a black hole not swallow? Anything that enters the event horizon cannot escape the black hole’s gravity. So objects that do not keep a safe distance get swallowed. Despite their reputation, black holes will not actually suck in objects...
Can a black hole swallow our Solar System? Fortunately, this has never happened to anyone — black holes are too far away to pull in any matter from our solar system. But scientists have observed black holes ripping stars apart, a...
What happens if a black hole eats Earth? Ripped apart: The Earth would stand no chance if it encountered a rogue black hole; the cosmic black hole’s tidal forces would easily rip the planet apart. Lost in space: Matter piles up...
What happens when a black hole eats a planet? Planets would be slung away into space by gravitational forces, or they would be ripped apart by the strong tidal forces of the black hole. But thankfully, the chances of this happening...
Could a black hole destroy the universe? No, Moss says. The fact that the universe has been around 13.8 billion years shows that primordial black holes will not trigger such a collapse, he says. As for black holes at the LHC,...
What year will the black hole reach 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...
Could a black hole destroy a galaxy? No. There is no way a black hole would eat an entire galaxy. The gravitational reach of supermassive black holes contained in the middle of galaxies is large, but not nearly large enough for...
How fast do quasars spin? Now astronomers have been able to study one of these behemoths inside a strange, distant quasar and they’ve made an astonishing discovery — it’s spinning one-third the speed of light. What is the fastest spinning black...
What does TON 618 weigh? Currently the largest known black hole, powering the quasar TON 618, has a mass of 66 billion solar masses. What does TON 618 look like? TON 618, imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release...
Is Cygnus a black hole? One of the component stars of the binary X-ray system Cygnus X-1 is a black hole. Discovered in 1971 in the constellation Cygnus, this binary consists of a blue supergiant and an invisible companion 14.8 times...