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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Only microscopic black holes evaporate
The bigger ones, once they have a bit more mass, form hugely dense objects which trap even light.
Were the Earth compressed to the density of a black hole, it would fit easily in the palm of your hand. Not for very long though, as you'd be sucked beyond its event horizon and crushed very quickly.
( , Wed 3 Sep 2008, 15:15, Reply)
The bigger ones, once they have a bit more mass, form hugely dense objects which trap even light.
Were the Earth compressed to the density of a black hole, it would fit easily in the palm of your hand. Not for very long though, as you'd be sucked beyond its event horizon and crushed very quickly.
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