Approaching a black hole would be an extremely dangerous endeavour although it transpires that scientists simply cannot understand the interior of these humongous objects.
With black holes apparently being something of a “hot topic” in media and with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded for work on these enigmatic celestial bodies, there are a number of reasons these objects are downright scary, Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at University of Arizona writes in his article published by The Conversation.
As the professor explains, first and foremost, actually falling into a black hole would result in being subjected to a painful process called “spaghettification” that was popularised by Stephen Hawking.
Second, the supermassive black holes that exist at the center of virtually every galaxy out there have “insatiable appetites”, with any object which gets too close at risk of being sucked into them, never to return.
Also, such a wayward traveller might also get blasted by high-energy radiation if a black hole they approach is in its “quasar state”.
And last but not least, black holes are downright “strange”, as laws of physics simply seem to get “obliterated” there.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
