Imagine Earth being pulled into a giant cosmic vacuum cleaner. At first, everything seems fine, but as we get closer to the center of this vacuum, gravity gets stronger and stronger. It stretches us like taffy until we’re all long, thin noodles, that’s called spaghettification. In the end, we're crushed flat or pulled apart completely.
Examples
- A child being pulled into a giant vacuum cleaner
- A chocolate bar stretched into a long, thin string
- A pizza getting squished flat at the center of a black hole
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See also
- What Happens to Light When It Falls into a Black Hole?
- Why Do Black Holes Suck Everything In?
- What If We Dug a Tunnel Through the Center of the Earth?
- How Does a Black Hole Actually Work?
- What Is a Black Hole Really Like?