What happens if a star collides with a black hole?

Relativity predicts that matter warps space (and time) and a collision between two compact objects like a black hole and a neutron star rapidly changes the compression and relaxation of the space in the vicinity of the objects. Waves of periodic compression and expansion are emitted.

Can a star kill a black hole?

Rather than a monstrous eating machine, it makes more sense to think of a black hole as just an area of spacetime where the gravity is incredibly strong. If a star is near to a black hole, it will be pulled in by the gravity and may eventually be dragged past the point of no return and sucked into the black hole.

What happens when a star is sucked into a black hole?

The black hole is surrounded by a ring of dust. When a star passes close enough to be swallowed by a black hole, the stellar material is stretched and compressed as it is pulled in, releasing an enormous amount of energy. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 5. What would happen if you fell into a black hole? It certainly wouldn’t be good!

What’s the difference between a black hole and a neutron star?

The other black hole had about six times the mass of the sun and ate up a neutron star with 1.5 times the sun’s mass. While black holes are famous for having such a strong gravitational pull that nothing — not even light — can escape, neutron stars are plenty weird, too.

How big is a black hole compared to the Sun?

An analysis shows that one of the black holes had a mass nine times bigger than our sun and gulped a neutron star with about two times our sun’s mass. The other black hole had about six times the mass of the sun and ate up a neutron star with 1.5 times the sun’s mass.

Will the Earth be pulled into the Milky Way’s black hole?

There is no danger of the Earth (located 26,000 light years away from the Milky Way’s black hole) being pulled in. Future galaxy collisions will cause black holes to grow in size, for example by merging of two black holes.