Strange things that can happen when humans fall into a black hole

Interstellar Travel

The idea of tossing an object into a black hole and waiting for it to emerge on the other side of the universe is a topic frequently discussed by scientists, but it appears that answers remain elusive.

Any matter inside a black hole could easily become tangled and disrupted. Even if astronauts could escape a black hole from a different direction, they would find themselves in a different universe from the one they entered the black hole in.

No Significant Change

While many believe that being sucked into a black hole would create an entirely different sensation, the theory of relativity put forward by scientist Albert Einstein proves quite the opposite.

According to this theory, if astronauts were drawn into a black hole, they would simply pass through the event horizon (the boundary where not even light can escape) without feeling any noticeable changes.

They would only experience changes when they were crushed at the center of the black hole.

Firewall

Another hypothesis suggests that there are firewalls at the event horizon of a black hole. When unlucky astronauts cross this boundary, they would immediately be incinerated by super-hot particles acting like a firewall.

While this hypothesis seems plausible, it contradicts Einstein’s theory of relativity mentioned earlier.

Spaghetti Effect

Scientists have put forth another theory called the “spaghettification” to explain the process of humans falling into a black hole.

As an astronaut’s feet are drawn first into the black hole, gravity will increase beneath their body. This is similar to the process of making spaghetti, where the body would be compressed and stretched.

The farther the victim is from the black hole’s edge, the stronger and more prolonged the effect.

Gradual Disappearance

Observers outside would gradually see astronauts being drawn into the black hole and notice peculiar changes in their motion.

Astronauts would appear to blur before disappearing from view.

Time Differential

If an astronaut looked out from inside a black hole, they would witness the universe outside them moving at a significantly accelerated pace, due to the time dilation caused by differences in gravity and expansion.

This even allows astronauts to potentially witness future events in the universe. Scientists believe that a few seconds inside a black hole could be equivalent to hundreds of Earth years.