Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHow do we know what black holes do and do not do? I have never seen a video of one being active. How do we know it tears stuff apart?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareHow do we know what black holes do and do not do? I have never seen a video of one being active. How do we know it tears stuff apart?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareVoterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoBlack holes aren’t the only objects capable of tearing things apart with their mass. Neutron stars, for example, are more than capable of tearing apart objects that pass nearby. Even planets. We’ve seen Jupiter tear apart passing asteroids.
Black holes aren’t the only objects capable of tearing things apart with their mass. Neutron stars, for example, are more than capable of tearing apart objects that pass nearby. Even planets. We’ve seen Jupiter tear apart passing asteroids.