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What would happen if there was a black hole the size of an atom?
Despite having roughly the mass of a thousand sedans, a mini black hole would be smaller than an atom. At that size the black hole wouldn’t swallow much matter and would instead mostly trap atoms and some larger molecules into circling orbits—in much the same way that protons in atoms capture and bind electrons.
What would happen if a black hole entered 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 can happen to a black hole if it is small enough?
His calculations showed that the smaller the size of the black hole, the faster the evaporation rate, resulting in a sudden burst of particles as the micro black hole suddenly explodes. Any primordial black hole of sufficiently low mass will evaporate to near the Planck mass within the lifetime of the Universe.
What would happen if you got inside a black hole?
If you got into the event horizon, your perception of space and time would entirely change. At the same time, the immense gravity of the black hole would compress you horizontally and stretch you vertically like a noodle, which is why scientists call this phenomenon (no joke) “spaghettification.”
What if a penny-sized black hole appeared at the earth’s core?
A penny-sized black hole would have roughly the same mass as the Earth for reasons explained later. Frank Heile, a particle physicist at the University of Stanford, has previously provided insight into what would happen if a penny-sized black hole appeared at the Earth’s core.
Do black holes get bigger when they eat material?
Yes. The late physicist Stephen Hawking proposed that while black holes get bigger by eating material, they also slowly shrink because they are losing tiny amounts of energy called “Hawking radiation.” Hawking radiation occurs because empty space, or the vacuum, is not really empty.
What is the event horizon of a black hole?
This point in space is enclosed in a sphere known as the event horizon, and anything crossing this sphere, including light, will never be able to escape. The size of a black hole can be thought of in terms of the radius of its event horizon.