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Not much. The whole point of a black hole is that a lot of matter is concentrated in a fairly small space. The Schwarzschild radius of the Earth - i.e., the size into which it would have to be compressed to become a black hole - is less than 1 cm; the Sun would have to be compressed into a sphere with a radius of about 3 km. In general, the Schwarzschild radius is directly proportional to the mass. In a real black hole, the Schwarzschild radius corresponds to the event horizon - the point of no return.

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Can a black hole die or fade away?

It is believed that a black hole will slowly evaporate. But for a black hole that has the mass of a star, this will take much, much longer than the current age of the Universe.


If light get suck in the black hole it still can escape the gravity because it has no mass but why light still in the black hole?

Light does have mass - since it has energy, it follows that it also has mass. Its REST MASS or INVARIANT MASS, however, is zero. On the other hand, the black hole distorts space and time in its surroundings so much that the only paths a ray of light (or anything moving at the speed of light or less) can take, will take it deeper into the black hole.


What if a black hole is a puncture of space in which black mass is surrounding space as we know it?

Well this is my thoughts and belief about the black hole. I share almost the same believe as you do, however from my research that i have done on space,time and mass. I have concluded that the black hole is a puncture in space, but not of space, which means that the void left after the puncture is an empty opening into space that no mass,time or space exists in that zone, this is why the laws of physics break down, but you are probably thinking that is a radical idea, well it may sound like that but let me clear things up. Imagine you have an A4 paper, this A4 paper will be space, imagine you have mass or object on that paper, you take a pencil and anywhere around that paper you puncture a hole into the paper with all the pressure that you have put into it, now look at this, because of the pressure you applied on your pencil, you have just punctured a hole into the paper, and everything that was once their is now around that paper hole area. So imagine, all that pressure that gravity has to offer after the explosion of a super star, the gravity collapses to a point where the pressure is so strong and like the pencil that punctured the paper, it will eventually puncture space itself, space is a property just like time and mass, it curves when mass is present. Another reason to support this theory is, since time is frozen in a black hole then space does not exist either, and why is that ? well if time and space are synchronized together, the faster you go the slower time is for you which is known as time dilation which was Einsteins theory, so what if time is frozen ? then space shouldn't exist at all. In other words, the information is never sucked in or taken by the black hole, but instead it is stored in a location where the gravitational pull of the black hole is holding it in place, so that it does not escape, and what you are really looking at when you look at a black hole is basically a voice where no laws of physics take place at all since it is not really the space we know of but a void of emptiness.


Do black holes disappear and reappear?

Black holes can nevr be seen in space. Space is black and so are black holes. People can only see black holes because of the light around the black hole. When a black hole is consuming a giant star, you can see the light around the entire black hole. That's when you know that there is a black hole in the middkle of all that light.


How is it possible to know that light cannot travel through a black hole if the black hole contains so much matter how can this theory be possible?

The idea is that nothing can get OUT of the black hole, due to its tremendous gravitational attraction, which would even affect light, or anything else going at the speed of light (or a lesser speed). More precisely, the strong gravitation will distort space and time so much (within a certain region, known as the event horizon) that the only path a ray of light can take is towards the singularity, not away from it.

Related questions

How do you get past space sharks in poptropica?

you take them to the black hole


Why did the astronaut take a shovel to space?

to dig a black hole


How fast does a black hole take parts of space away?

Honestly, space doesn't need a black hole to take space away. Everytime a sun/star dies, dark matter expands. Therefore space is taken away anyways.


Can a black hole die or fade away?

It is believed that a black hole will slowly evaporate. But for a black hole that has the mass of a star, this will take much, much longer than the current age of the Universe.


If a black hole evaporates as Hawking predicts then is there a point at which the remains of a black hole revert into normal space and if this is the case what would such an object look like?

If you've ever left out a cup of water throughout the day, it would evaporate. Take the water in the cup to be the black hole, it goes into space and fades away.


If light get suck in the black hole it still can escape the gravity because it has no mass but why light still in the black hole?

Light does have mass - since it has energy, it follows that it also has mass. Its REST MASS or INVARIANT MASS, however, is zero. On the other hand, the black hole distorts space and time in its surroundings so much that the only paths a ray of light (or anything moving at the speed of light or less) can take, will take it deeper into the black hole.


What gets bigger the more you take out of it?

A hole in the ground.


How do you defeat the space sharks in astroknight poptropica?

Shoot at them to make them follow you. Take them to the black hole straight up from the ice planet. Go around it, but the space sharks will get sucked into it.


Whats it like out of space?

No one has ever been "out of space" and we don't know of any way to get "out of space".Going into a black hole might take you "out of space", but we don't know that it would, and we do know that it would certainly kill you.


How do you take the sharks to the black hole in poptropica?

You get the shark to come near you and follow you to the black hole, then when you get to the black hole you turn a let the shark in. Have fun!


What if a black hole is a puncture of space in which black mass is surrounding space as we know it?

Well this is my thoughts and belief about the black hole. I share almost the same believe as you do, however from my research that i have done on space,time and mass. I have concluded that the black hole is a puncture in space, but not of space, which means that the void left after the puncture is an empty opening into space that no mass,time or space exists in that zone, this is why the laws of physics break down, but you are probably thinking that is a radical idea, well it may sound like that but let me clear things up. Imagine you have an A4 paper, this A4 paper will be space, imagine you have mass or object on that paper, you take a pencil and anywhere around that paper you puncture a hole into the paper with all the pressure that you have put into it, now look at this, because of the pressure you applied on your pencil, you have just punctured a hole into the paper, and everything that was once their is now around that paper hole area. So imagine, all that pressure that gravity has to offer after the explosion of a super star, the gravity collapses to a point where the pressure is so strong and like the pencil that punctured the paper, it will eventually puncture space itself, space is a property just like time and mass, it curves when mass is present. Another reason to support this theory is, since time is frozen in a black hole then space does not exist either, and why is that ? well if time and space are synchronized together, the faster you go the slower time is for you which is known as time dilation which was Einsteins theory, so what if time is frozen ? then space shouldn't exist at all. In other words, the information is never sucked in or taken by the black hole, but instead it is stored in a location where the gravitational pull of the black hole is holding it in place, so that it does not escape, and what you are really looking at when you look at a black hole is basically a voice where no laws of physics take place at all since it is not really the space we know of but a void of emptiness.


Will a black hole take a person to another plant?

No. Since nothing, not even light can escape a black hole, you're pretty much screwed. Once inside the black hole, it will stretch you so wide that you are soon crushed into absolutely nothing, not even dust or matter!