It is thought that a black hole begins with a star of at least three times the mass of our sun. Less than that would remain stable as a white dwarf or a neutron star. There are exceptions, such as the theorized "microscopic Black Holes," but the above is the usual scenario.
As the star uses up its fuel, its temperature is no longer high enough to produce energy that would balance its own internal gravity, and it begins to collapse into itself. Depending upon its mass, it may stabilize as a dwarf star or a neutron star; but given enough mass, it will collapse completely, forming a black hole.
Note that this answer goes directly to the end result, skipping over the intermediate stages of degeneration, such as supernova-formation.
Should Earth ever collide with a black hole, it would get destroyed.
They will merge to form a single black hole with the combined mass of the town that merged.
No, one cubic light year of water would not form a black hole because the mass of the water would not be dense enough to collapse into a black hole. The density of water is much lower than what is required for a black hole to form.
You would have a black hole the size of the combined mass of the two black holes.
It would be torn apart by tidal forces as it approached the black hole. Once it crosses the event horizon id disappears into the black hole forever.
The two black holes will merge to form a single, larger black hole with a mass equal to the combined masses of the original two.
Black Hole - comics - happened in 1995.
Black Hole Assault happened in 1992.
No. Most black holes form when an extremely massive star dies and the core collapses, becoming a black hole.
It disappears forever
Well if it DOES happen and a black hole DOES destroy the Universe, then we won't be around to worry about it.
Objects which approach a black hole will get sucked into it.
Black Hole - video game - happened in 1981.
A black hole can't really form inside of another black hole. If you think of a black hole forming after a star goes supernova, then there isn't really a star to go supernove inside of the already created black hole. In fact, there isn't even any space inside of the blak hole for anything to happen. Two black holes can join together, but they wil eventually go to one.
Current estimates suggest that a star must be at least 25 times the mass of the sun to form a black hole. In most cases only a fraction of the star's mass will actually go in to forming the black hole.
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If you jumped into a black hole, you would be stretched into human spaghetti.