• Question: Is there any possible way to survive beyond the event horizon of a black hole?

    Asked by alfredfjones to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 26 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 26 Jun 2012:


      Not that I know of. Not one of those things I am prepared for really.

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 26 Jun 2012:


      No one really knows. There’s a famous thought experiment that Stephen Hawking (I think) wrote about where he talks about you becoming long like spaghetti, and seeing time outside the event horizon appear to rush past at high speed.
      Ultimately, I should imagine that the outcome is not good though!

    • Photo: Philippa Bird

      Philippa Bird answered on 27 Jun 2012:


      At the very least you are going to need a pressure suit and oxygen supply, like you would anyway in space. No idea otherwise though.

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