• Question: what is at the bottom of a black hole?

    Asked by maisha to Darren, Andres, Catherine, Ellie, Samantha on 12 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by H.
    • Photo: Andres Olivares del Campo

      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 12 Nov 2016:

      Hi Maisha,

      Very good question!

      Here is the answer I gave to a similar question:

      /astatinen16-zone/2016/11/09/is-there-an-end-to-the-black-hole/

      But essentially, although the pictures for a black hole seem to suggest that it has a bottom, this is a bit misleading and a black hole has no bottom. It is just like a very dense planet with spherical shape, with the difference that we can see any light coming out of it, so it just looks like a spherical black spot in space!

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