• Question: what happen to things that go in a black hole?

    Asked by Laura to Anna, Stefan, Rob on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Louise.
    • Photo: Anna Scaife

      Anna Scaife answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Bad things… it’s not a good place to be… the bit before they go into the black hole isn’t so fun either.

    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      No one really know because you can’t probe inside, however things get really mashed up on the way in! The tidal forces from the strong gravity around it ‘spaghettifies’ (real science term :D) the object and pulls it apart and all sorts of horrible, awful things.

    • Photo: Rob Appleyard

      Rob Appleyard answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      They get pulled into lots of little pieces, sadly.

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