Where do black holes lead to?

Black holes are dangerous places that can engulf entire planets and stars. What happens to those objects after they become trapped?

Every black hole is surrounded by a boundary indicating a danger zone. This marks the point of no return. Anything that crosses this line is drawn into the blackhole and can never escape. It’s the place where things disappear for eternity. Astronomers call this boundary the “event horizon”.

Toward the centre

What lies beyond that boundary? All matter that crosses that limit – be that stars, planets or dust – falls towards the centre of the black hole.

The centre of the black hole contains the “singularity”: the place where everything the hole sucks in ends up. It’s a single point with an infinite density. We don’t know what it looks like.

And we don’t know what happens to the matter that is drawn into it. It’s beyond reason, since the laws of physics as we know them cease to operate in this area. Everything that arrives here may simply disappear.

Nowhere to go

Basically, everything that veers into the hole remains there forever. That’s because spacetime itself stops here. It’s the end of the road; there’s nowhere to go.

So, next time you’re in space, don’t be tempted to peer into a black hole. You definitely won’t live to tell the tale!

Answered by Ans Hekkenberg