Popular Mechanics South Africa

How to safely enter a black hole

OUR UNDER STANDING OF BLACK HOLES has exploded in recent years, with landmark works such as the photograph of the Messier 87 galaxy’s supermassive black hole and the recent discovery of a ‘tiny’ three-sun-mass black hole in our own galaxy. But what would it be like to make the next leap: to visit – and even enter – a black hole? We asked the experts.

First, to survive long enough to explore a black

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