What If Earth Were Sucked Into a Black Hole?

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Published 2021-04-28

Just 3,000 light-years from Earth is a black hole visible to the naked eye. Thankfully, we are a safe distance from this stellar black hole and many others like it. There are approximately 100 million of them out there in our galaxy that we know of. They are the remnants of supernovae, which occur when stars 10 to 20 times larger than our Sun collapse in on themselves. Could a black hole devour us all one day? There are millions of them out there just waiting. And if we happened to make a black hole accidentally, well, you better fasten your seatbelts. Things are going to really suck! Quite literally. What would we see if we got pulled into a black hole? Could Earth orbit the Sun and a black hole? Would we survive spaghettification? What would happen if we get past the event horizon?

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All Comments (21)

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@superj1002 3 years ago

Props to the camera man risking his life for all these crazy shots ✊✊
@darkslayer1161 1 year ago

The fact our universe has shit happen that can mess with space time on such a scale is truly incredible.
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@beaniebootown_2123 3 years ago

me: wanting to learn about black holes, also me: terrified of black holes
@leilanurena 3 years ago

1. The end of everything. 2. no one would be alive to witness it
@JustTryingToChillOut 1 year ago

The scariest part is that not even sci-fi movies have had such destructing plots , yet this is the actual reality.
@TaskForce_911 3 years ago

I like how they finish every Cool theory of theirs with Now that's a story for another What If
@b.namita 3 years ago

Your last words scared me the most....."may be we are inside a black hole already" 🤪🤪😬
@aspectaura 1 year ago

atleast tiktok will go extinct
@DarkninjaGD30 1 year ago

I love how specific he was with the number of asteroids
@TheCursedDay 2 years ago

Makes you wonder if there are other civilizations out there that have had something catastrophic like this happen to their planet.
@connorcarrillo1139 2 years ago

I think for most of these what ifs, the alternative questions is "How many ways can humans go extinct?"
@PootieTang259 1 year ago

Crazy how we could all just disappear into a black hole the size of a peanut and I’m worried about making it to work
@schewberrycake 3 months ago

this channel never fail to give me anxiety, but I can't stop watching.
@CringeModeActivated 3 years ago

This channel is the most professional, interesting and educational channel i’ve ever come across. Love your videos!
@srivathsan8421 3 years ago

"Things are really going to suck. Literally" 🤣😂😂 Loved that.
@californiadoll6273 1 year ago

Suffocating from no oxygen, while feeling yourself being burnt alive & feeling your body being squeezed to death. Wow, most horrible death.
@crazymeteorites3653 1 year ago

I actually like how you show the gravity start to stretch and rip apart the object that’s pretty cool