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Created by the collapse of: [massive stars] [Florida limestone bedrock]

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[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

[-] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Falling into a black hole is almost always fatal.

Almost??

[-] kometes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It's entirely possible to live inside the event horizon. "Falling" is a problematic word.

[-] Teppic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I think you get spaghettified inside the event horizon?

[-] kometes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Only if the tidal forces are large enough. For a small black hole, the tidal forces will kill you before you reach the EH.

See here for speculation on civilizations inside a massive black hole: https://www.academia.edu/10665641/Is_there_life_inside_black_holes

this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023

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