Imagine a black hole like a super-strong vacuum cleaner in space. When something gets too close, it gets stretched and pulled apart, that's called spaghettification. It’s not just the pull of gravity you have to worry about, but how strong it gets closer you get!
Examples
- A person falling into a black hole would get stretched out like spaghetti
- A spaceship getting pulled apart by tidal forces near a black hole
- A cat being squished into a flat pancake as it approaches the event horizon
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See also
- What Makes A Black Hole So Deadly?
- What Is a Black Hole — And Why Does It Suck Everything In?
- Why Do Black Holes Never Stop Growing?
- What Is a Black Hole and Why Can't We Escape It?
- What Happens to Light When It Falls into a Black Hole?