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  • Could a Human Enter a Black Hole to Study It – And Survive the Event Horizon?

    04/06/2021 9:46:53 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 88 replies
    https://scitechdaily.com ^ | FEBRUARY 6, 2021 | By GRINNELL COLLEGE
    A person falling into a black hole and being stretched while approaching the black hole’s horizon. Credit: Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez, CC BY-ND =================================================================== To solve the mysteries of black holes, a human should just venture into one. However, there is a rather complicated catch: A human can do this only if the respective black hole is supermassive and isolated, and if the person entering the black hole does not expect to report the findings to anyone in the entire universe. We are both physicists who study black holes, albeit from a very safe distance. Black holes are among...