Inside black holes
Chapter 1
The anatomy of a black hole
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Chapter 2
The four cosmic families
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Chapter 3
Extreme physics and spaghettification
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Chapter 4
Photographing the invisible
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Inside black holes
Ch 3 · Extreme physics and spaghettification
hue Sagittarius A* Spaghettification
Step to the edge where the gravity bends, Stretched like a thread as the universe ends.
Fun Fact
Slow evaporation: A stellar black hole takes about 10 to the power of 67 years to completely evaporate through Hawking radiation.
Glossary
spaghettification (noun)
The stretching of an object into a long, thin shape by extreme gravitational forces. Stephen Hawking popularized the term in 1988 to describe an astronaut falling into a black hole.
The stretching of an object into a long, thin shape by extreme gravitational forces. Stephen Hawking popularized the term in 1988 to describe an astronaut falling into a black hole.
Quiz
What happens to a black hole at the very end of its incredibly long evaporation process?
Quiz
What is the playful scientific term for the stretching of an object falling into a black hole?