January 22

Black Holes and Spaghettification

As you approach a black hole, tidal forces stretch objects vertically while compressing them horizontally - a process scientists humorously call 'spaghettification.' The gravitational difference between your head and feet would become so extreme that you'd be stretched into a thin strand of atoms. For supermassive black holes, you could actually cross the event horizon before being spaghettified.