DiscoverCosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?
#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?

#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?

Update: 2024-03-31
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Space and cosmology throws up some strange effects sometimes, none stranger than spaghettification. Stephen Hawking coined the term for the stretching out that happens when you get close to a black hole. Let's take a look at what it really is, how it works, and if we should have anything to fear from spaghettification...


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#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?

#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?

Andrew Prestage