Can you walk on a black hole?

Of course, no matter what type of black hole you fall into, you’re ultimately going to get torn apart by the extreme gravity. No material, especially fleshy human bodies, could survive intact. So once you pass beyond the edge of the event horizon, you’re done. There’s no getting out.

Can you touch a black hole?

A black hole has no physical surface, so there would be nothing to touch. Instead, black holes have a virtual surface defined by the Schwarzschild radius. This boundary is called the event horizon. A black hole has no physical surface, so there would be nothing to touch.

What exactly is a black hole?

Simply put, a black hole is a place where gravity is so strong that no light — or anything else, for that matter — can escape. Black holes are aptly named because they usually don’t reflect or emit light. They’re only visible when they’re feeding on stars or gas clouds that stray too close to their boundary, called the event horizon.

What happens when a star wanders too close to a black hole?

Astronomers witnessed such a “tidal disruption event” back in 2014, when several space telescopes caught a star wander too close to a black hole. The star was stretched out and shredded, causing some of the material to fall beyond the event horizon, while the rest was flung back out into space.

Can you stay in a stable orbit around a black hole?

Just outside the black hole, but before reaching the event horizon, the gravitational forces are so extreme that stable orbits become impossible. Once you reach this region, you cannot remain in placid orbit.

What would happen if you jumped into a black hole first?

If you jumped into the black hole feet first, the gravitational force on your toes would be much stronger than that pulling on your head. Each bit of your body would also be elongated in a slightly different direction.