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black holes

Last post 03-19-2008 2:46 PM by Anonymous. 2 replies.
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  • 03-19-2008 10:04 AM

    black holes

    Wesley C FWMS

    When a neutron star shrinks into a black hole what happens when anything enters in the center?

  • 03-19-2008 10:41 AM In reply to

    Re: black holes

    Hi Wesley,

    When a very massive star collapses into a black hole at the end of its life, the center of that black hole contains so much mass that space and time become extremely distorted there.  In fact space and time become so stretched that they are infinite, so any thing that enters toward the "singularity" will essentially get torn apart, atom by atom.  Nothing can survive falling into the center of a black hole..... they are very strange areas in the Universe!

    Holly

  • 03-19-2008 2:46 PM In reply to

    Re: black holes

    thanks for the info

    Wesley C

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