What if a Massive Black Hole Collides with the Earth?

dividavi Senior Member @dividavi Posts: 5,520 Likes: 3,065	What if a Massive Black Hole Collides with the Earth? Sept 12, 2021 5:13:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dividavi on Sept 12, 2021 5:13:40 GMT Would the result look like this?
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What if a Massive Black Hole Collides with the Earth? Sept 13, 2021 3:23:59 GMT Admin and politicidal like this

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Post by dividavi on Sept 13, 2021 3:23:59 GMT

Sept 12, 2021 22:15:43 GMT Admin said:

Can a black hole even do that? I had no idea they were moving around the universe bumping into things like a pinball.

According to this report it has apparently happened and you can read about it at the link. Here's a paragraph:

For the first time, astronomers have captured solid evidence of a rare double cosmic cannibalism — a star swallowing a compact object such as a black hole or neutron star. In turn, that object gobbled the star’s core, causing it to explode and leave behind only a black hole.

It's a rare event, or it least it was 500 million years ago, but it happened.

What if a Massive Black Hole Collides with the Earth?

Post by dividavi on Sept 12, 2021 5:13:40 GMT

Post by MCDemuth on Sept 12, 2021 18:21:54 GMT

Post by Admin on Sept 12, 2021 22:15:43 GMT

Post by dividavi on Sept 13, 2021 3:23:59 GMT