Does spaghettification happen to all black holes?

Spaghettification doesn't happen to all black holes, some are just too big and gentle.

Imagine you're standing on a really strong trampoline. If it's big enough, when you jump, it gently bounces you back up. But if the trampoline is tiny, like a coin, and you jump on it, it squishes you flat, or maybe stretches you long and thin, like spaghetti!

That’s what spaghettification feels like. It happens when something gets too close to a black hole. The black hole's gravity pulls harder on the side that's closer than the side that's farther away, stretching things out.

Big black holes, like the ones in the center of galaxies, have weaker gravity near their edges. So if you're pulled toward one, it doesn’t stretch you as much, you might not even notice it! But smaller black holes, like the ones made from collapsed stars, can be super strong and squishy. They’re more likely to turn you into spaghetti.

So spaghettification is a special treat, some black holes give it, others don't. Spaghettification doesn't happen to all black holes, some are just too big and gentle.

Imagine you're standing on a really strong trampoline. If it's big enough, when you jump, it gently bounces you back up. But if the trampoline is tiny, like a coin, and you jump on it, it squishes you flat, or maybe stretches you long and thin, like spaghetti!

That’s what spaghettification feels like. It happens when something gets too close to a black hole. The black hole's gravity pulls harder on the side that's closer than the side that's farther away, stretching things out.