Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage

#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?

April 01, 2024 Andrew Prestage Season 1 Episode 65
Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage
#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?
Show Notes

Space and cosmology throws up some strange effects sometimes, none stranger than spaghettification. Stephen Hawking coined the term for the stretching out that happens when you get close to a black hole. Let's take a look at what it really is, how it works, and if we should have anything to fear from spaghettification...


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