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What is the effect of a black hole on spacetime and light?
The more massive the object, the more spacetime bends. If the massive object is also spinning, it causes spacetime to not only bend but to twist as well. Scientists call this effect “frame dragging.” Twisted spacetime will cause gas falling into a black hole to move in certain ways.
What would happen if a black hole appeared in our solar system?
As the black hole made its way through the Solar System, it would disrupt the orbits of all the planets in it. Likely, our space intruder would tangle the biggest planet in the system, Jupiter. The black hole would pull all the gas from the giant planet, turning it into a swirling hot disk.
What would happen if a black hole hit another black hole?
It is possible for two black holes to collide. Once they come so close that they cannot escape each other’s gravity, they will merge to become one bigger black hole. Such an event would be extremely violent. These ripples are called gravitational waves.
What would happen if Jupiter was turned into a black hole?
The gravitational disruption would probably destroy the solar system, as Jupiter would instantly collapse, not having nearly enough mass to be a black hole, and gravity shearing would disrupt the orbit of every other object in the solar system, so moons, planets, and whatever asteroids, or comets, happen to be passing through get pulled into
Is there a black hole at the center of a galaxy?
The image reveals the black hole at the center of Messier 87, a massive galaxy in the nearby Virgo galaxy cluster. This black hole resides 55 million light-years from Earth and has a mass 6.5-billion times that of the Sun. A NASA space mission found a large black spot on Jupiter, and it isn’t what you think.
What is the size of a stellar-mass black hole?
On the other end of the spectrum, the size of a stellar-mass black hole depends on how massive the original star was. The most massive star found to date is R136a1 and weighs in at 315 times the mass of the Sun. If it stayed at its current mass, the resulting black hole from its inevitable collapse would have a radius of some 578 miles.
How big is the black hole at the center of Messier 87?
The image reveals the black hole at the center of Messier 87, a massive galaxy in the nearby Virgo galaxy cluster. This black hole resides 55 million light-years from Earth and has a mass 6.5-billion times that of the Sun. John Mulaney and Olivia Munn.