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What if we fall into a black hole?

Let's Jump and find out !

By Sakuni BandaraPublished 2 years ago 2 min read

So what is a black hole ?

A black hole is sort of space-time bubble which has an intense gravity, this bubble attracts objects as if it were pulling the fabric of space. The event horizon is the surface of a black hole. Once a particle crosses the event horizon, it can never escape.

Let’s Jump IN!

So let’s wander out of curiosity what we might see if we were to fall into a black hole. So by using a spaceship we jump into the space and here begins the fall. The spaceship will be observing us from a safe distance.

First problem – the black hole spins incredibly fast and produces intense radiations light ultra violets x-rays and gamma rays which blind us instantly and might burn us alive. So let’s assume we are wearing a highly protected space suit.

After a few minutes of observation, the disc of light in the black hole seems to become more and more blurry. We notice that it is emitting blue light within the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Let's assume our space suit visor filters everything but visible light. The light our eyes can see in this spectrum. The disc of the black hole emits more blue because this color is more energetic. And strangely, one side of the disc appears brighter than the other. This is due to the dopplers effect. Looking at the black hole, we see that the back of the disc appears warped as if it were folded around the horizon forming a ring of light. Surprisingly during the first 10 minutes of the fall the black hole appears to be moving away as we are moving closer and closer to it. After these first ten minutes we are now falling very quickly at four percent the speed of light.

As minutes go by, we descend towards the black hole at a fast rate, and receive intense light in front of us while the light behind us becomes darker. This is because as we fall towards the black hole, we catch up with the light in front of us; meanwhile, the light behind us continues to reach us at a slower speed. Again the dopplers effect at play. If we turned around, we would notice that the clock in the spaceship seems to be running slower than before- even though we're still falling towards the black hole. In the center of a black hole the time stops ! Meaning for us although we continue falling for a person looking at us from earth with a telescope we appear to be frozen!

After 57 minutes have passed, the disc fades out and we've reached what's considered beyond what matter cannot orbit around it steadily. The gravity is so intense - which means that everything around us has disappeared!

Just two minutes later we are twice as close to the horizon. The spaceship will never see us cross the horizon. From now on if we try to send a signal to the outside it will never reach its destination. Now it is impossible to go back. Not even light can escape.

After another 30 seconds just before reaching the center of the black hole that in an instant we will feel an extremely powerful force that tears our body apart & this is called spaghettification. The remains of our body will reach the center of the black hole & our journey ends here.

RIP ☹

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Sakuni Bandara

Just Another average girl !

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