Spaghettification – or what happens if you fall into a black hole

THANKS to Gizmodo for an excellent video in which Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson – who missed his true calling as a stand up comedian – explains what would happen if you fell in a black hole.

A funny scientist – who knew? Click through for the video.

For the record, the good Dr is an astrophysicist and, since 1996, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.

In short, he knows stuff about space.

But as detailed as he is, he doesn’t go into what would happen if you fell into a black hole after escaping from a giant spaceship crewed by a madman and his robot slaves, or whether Superman would be alright.

Dr deGrasse Tyson – explanations please!

Neil deGrasse Tyson Named Science Communicator of the Year (amnh.org)
Space Show Takes Viewers on a Stellar Journey (scientificamerican.com)
A Space Opera in a Proper Galaxy (nytimes.com)

2 Comments for “Spaghettification – or what happens if you fall into a black hole”

Jessica says:
May 27, 2010 at 1:42 pm

This is very interesting. I never knew how interesting science could be. I thought it was boring but truly, the only thing im interested in learning is space. Black Holes, Milky Way, Galaxies, stars, meteors, planets. Entertaining.

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