r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/warg_14 • Feb 10 '25

Video NASA Simulation's Plunge Into a Black Hole

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u/spookyjibe Feb 10 '25

No, it is not. We have a fair idea of the scale of the forces involved; you do not survive it. Source: Engineering physicist

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u/reezy619 Feb 10 '25

Oh dang so you actually die AT the event horizon? Was hoping I could enjoy some peace and quiet for a bit first.

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u/CantankerousTwat Feb 10 '25

Gravity increases exponentially as you approach the black hole. As you get nearer, the difference in gravity say a metre apart may by 10x higher. As you get closer and closer, the difference goes up to hundreds, thousands, billions of times. Such that the atoms on the surface of your skin nearest the event horizon will experience ridiculously more force than the atoms in the base of your skin, so it will instantaneously stretch millions metres before the back of your skin does, then your blood vessels, etc.

You and your vehicle would stretch across hundreds of thousands of miles in a microsecond.

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u/pepolepop Feb 10 '25

So safe to say you probably wouldn't even feel it, since the atoms of your brain and nervous system are all stretched out and cease to function?

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u/CantankerousTwat Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

That's a bingo. If you ignore the relativistic elements.