Can our planet be swallowed by a black hole?

If so what would happen to us? it would be like everything we ever worked for wouldnt matter....

we would all die.

No. There's no star big enough near us, I'm no expert though^^

Everything we've worked for isn't going to matter anyway. Earth won't be around forever.

" we would all die. "

Of course it can.
We could all day at any second, but how is that different than any other day?

Don't bring race into this please.

Technically, yes. But it depends  upon the mass of the Black Hole. Some postulate that there are sub-atomic black holes all around us, passing through us and through the Earth.
 
But say a black hole that's billions of solar masses drifts into our solar system. The first thing we'd notice is the outer planets (if they were on the side of the sun that the black hole was coming in at) perturbing in their orbits. We'd notice the stars behind the black hole being distorted (because the gravity of the black hole bends the light around it like a lens) but we wouldn't see the black hole. If it approached close enough to Earth, the first thing that would happen would be earthquakes as the shape of the Earth become elongated. Long before Earth actually reaches the disk of the black hole, the whole planet would be ripped asunder.

as far as i understand it, if a blackhole got close enough then yeah, we would get sucked into it. however the is no blackhole anywhere near us. As for what would happen if we did get pulled into it, we would be crushed to the size of atoms in a matter of milliseconds. It would be so fast you wouldnt know it had happened. you (and everything else) would simply cease to exist.  

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

" Don't bring race into this please. "

No, unless Earth moves unimaginable distances across the universe to a totally different location and just happens to be slung into a black hole's gravity, it is no threat to us. If this happened, we'd already be dead anyway. Point is though, there's no black hole close enough to worry about.

Why wouldn't our planet be able to be sucked into a black hole?  What makes Earth so special that it can defy the laws of the universe?

" @HS21 said:

" Don't bring race into this please. "

Can I bring sex into this? "

ok i didnt mean to say we would die sorry about that but idk i was just curious to know..it be wierd if we could still be alive while in a black whole or something....but not to sure if it would be possible..

" @HS21:  who said anything about race??? "

" @HS21:  who said anything about race??? "

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

Considering that black holes rip and crush things to nothingness, I'd say that's a fair assumption to make. "

All 3 of your hard-earned posts would be meaningless!  Oh, the horror!

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

Considering that black holes rip and crush things to nothingness, I'd say that's a fair assumption to make. "

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

I'm not gonna lie. I want the destruction of earth to happen in my lifetime. I wanna be there for the inevitable. Sadly, I think we're still far off.

If games have taught me anything its that It can. The problems is the aliens on the other side who will be really pissed at us for some reason.

" @HS21:  who said anything about race??? "

" @misscurious702 said:

" @HS21:  who said anything about race??? "

I don't even care that much Mrs. Curious Seven Hundred & Two. But maybe call them "African Americans" instead of just "black", it seems so crude/rude. You probably didn't even say it to offend, but I'm sure you can see how it could be misinterpreted that way. Do you like Vanilla? "

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

" Don't bring race into this please. "

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

What the hell are you talking about? It's a superdense area that compacts everything into itself. Of course you die. Science doesn't use eye sight as the only way to measure things and collect data you know. It is well proven that you would die if you came into contact with a black hole.    Could it happen? Sure. Would it happen anytime soon? No. We are not near any black holes and we aren't in proper conditions for one to be created. Billions of years down the line? Possible. This is discussing proper sized black holes that we know exist, not the possible "supersmall" ones.   As to nothing we ever did ever mattering, why not? Purpose is what you define it as for yourself. If you lead a good life, nice job, wife, but were infertile so that your genes wouldn't be passed down, would you suddenly become worthless and not matter? No, of course not. Consider humanity being in the same position. Sounds like you might be having an existential crises. "

Red Matter.

" @tsolless said:

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

What the hell are you talking about? It's a superdense area that compacts everything into itself. Of course you die. Science doesn't use eye sight as the only way to measure things and collect data you know. It is well proven that you would die if you came into contact with a black hole.    Could it happen? Sure. Would it happen anytime soon? No. We are not near any black holes and we aren't in proper conditions for one to be created. Billions of years down the line? Possible. This is discussing proper sized black holes that we know exist, not the possible "supersmall" ones.   As to nothing we ever did ever mattering, why not? Purpose is what you define it as for yourself. If you lead a good life, nice job, wife, but were infertile so that your genes wouldn't be passed down, would you suddenly become worthless and not matter? No, of course not. Consider humanity being in the same position. Sounds like you might be having an existential crises. "

I was being silly. "

I've never seen a black person, just as I've never seen a white person. Dark brown / pale pink, sure, but not black and not white. "

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

A black hole isn't a hole. It's a very small, very dense star. It's so dense that no light can escape its gravitational pull, hence the blackness. Anything to get near it will be obliterated. Here's a star being eaten by a black hole.

" @Fajita_Jim said: "

I've never seen a black person, just as I've never seen a white person. Dark brown / pale pink, sure, but not black and not white. "

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"Classic case of "Someone is wrong on the internet, must type lengthy explanation to make things right".    

" @HS21 said:

"Classic case of "Someone is wrong on the internet, must type lengthy explanation to make things right".    

Only the first couple of lines were discussing black holes existence and nature. The lengthy bit was discussing meaning. "

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

A black hole isn't a hole. It's a very small, very dense star. It's so dense that no light can escape its gravitational pull, hence the blackness. Anything to get near it will be obliterated. Here's a star being eaten by a black hole.

Black hole's are rarely discovered in the universe because of their absence of light. Their only stand-out traits are in instances like this, where a celestial body can be seen traveling too close and being sucked into the pull of the black star. There could be black holes near our solar system, but "near" is of course relative to your thinking. Anything close to us would swallow us up quicker than we could even realize what's happening. "

i don't think so as there isn't black hole big enough. i do kind of think that if we did it would bring earth somewhere else.

" i don't think so as there isn't black hole big enough. i do kind of think that if we did it would bring earth somewhere else. "

No black holes close enough. Even though the universe is expanding, black holes are expanding with it so we aren't getting any nearer any black holes as they are moving away at relatively the same speed. Eventually our sun will go supernova or white dwarf and we will all die. But if we survive the next millennium color me tickled pink!

There are no known black holes anywhere near Earth. Granted, being completely black, they aren't easy to detect - but so far, there doesn't appear to be any threat of any black holes to Earth. The sun is not nearly massive enough to form a black hole after it runs out of fuel.  
 
If (somehow) a black hole managed to get near Earth, it would depend on the size of the blackhole and how close it passes us by. If we don't fall into the event horizon, nothing happens. If we do cross the Event horizon, you'd be dead without even knowing it.  
 
In any case, there's no point in worrying about it. It's far more sensible to worry about things like meteor strikes that could definitely occur.

" No black holes close enough. Even though the universe is expanding, black holes are expanding with it so we aren't getting any nearer any black holes as they are moving away at relatively the same speed. Eventually our sun will go supernova or white dwarf and we will all die. But if we survive the next millennium color me tickled pink! "

" There are no known black holes anywhere near Earth. Granted, being completely black, they aren't easy to detect - but so far, there doesn't appear to be any threat of any black holes to Earth. The sun is not nearly massive enough to form a black hole after it runs out of fuel.   If (somehow) a black hole managed to get near Earth, it would depend on the size of the blackhole and how close it passes us by. If we don't fall into the event horizon, nothing happens. If we do cross the Event horizon, you'd be dead without even knowing it.   In any case, there's no point in worrying about it. It's far more sensible to worry about things like meteor strikes that could definitely occur. "

" @FunExplosions said:

" @EveretteScott said:

" @pwnasaurus said:

" we would all die. "

How did you deduce that? It hasn't been proven that anything will die in a black hole. It could be a worm hole for all you know! "

A black hole isn't a hole. It's a very small, very dense star. It's so dense that no light can escape its gravitational pull, hence the blackness. Anything to get near it will be obliterated. Here's a star being eaten by a black hole.

Black hole's are rarely discovered in the universe because of their absence of light. Their only stand-out traits are in instances like this, where a celestial body can be seen traveling too close and being sucked into the pull of the black star. There could be black holes near our solar system, but "near" is of course relative to your thinking. Anything close to us would swallow us up quicker than we could even realize what's happening. "

i refer to my previous post of me stating I was being silly.  I understand  sarcasm/joking isn't the easiest thing to detect in just words. So no worries. "

" ok i didnt mean to say we would die sorry about that but idk i was just curious to know..it be wierd if we could still be alive while in a black whole or something....but not to sure if it would be possible.. "

I'd call Chris Cornell and leave his voicemail a nasty message. 
 
Something like "That was song was only kinda good!" and hang up. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Then I'd try to masturbate into the dense mass.

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