• Question: Can you go fast enough to get enough mass to become a black hole?

    Asked by anon-240085 to Struan, Charlotte, Isabel, Douglas, David on 9 Mar 2020.
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      Struan Simpson answered on 9 Mar 2020:


      Not exactly – mass doesn’t depend on how fast you go, so travelling faster won’t change that. Black holes are created when stars die, so it’s more to do with how much mass you can cram into a small volume of space. I’m not an expert, but this is my understanding!

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