• Question: whats at the bottom of the black hole?

    Asked by boss_yahye.A$ap to Tom, wajiha, Rosie, Chris, Phil on 12 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by Mad Scientist, toesinators, PlantinumNoob, B_A_B, Mona Lisa.
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      Tom Nicholas answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      No-one knows! Not only does no-one know, but no-one knows how to find out!

      Normally when we want to learn about a star or galaxy or something else very far away, we use a telescope to look at the light that comes from it. The problem is that absolutely nothing can escape a black hole, not even light! This means we can’t possibly see inside a black hole.

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      Rosie Cane answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      This may sound strange but black holes, as far as calculations can tell us, do not have a bottom! They can be looked at in a similar way to the Earth. Our Earth is a 3D (three-dimensional) shape, and it does not have a bottom. What the Earth does have, is a centre. And so does a black hole. Physicists believe that the centre of a black hole is called a ‘singularity’ and is a point where large objects can be crushed into an infinitely small amount of space. Crazy stuff!

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