We kinda know what happens if you get sucked into a black hole because of math (spaghettification, what outside observers would see, etc); can the same be said about worm holes? Would you even notice if you passed through one? What would they look like? What would someone watching someone else go through a wormhole look like?

  • @WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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    614 days ago

    Imagine you are falling, but someone hooks something onto your feet, and attaches it to a rocket that shoots downwards at a speed far faster than you are falling at, so fast that it rips your legs off.

    That’s what spaghettification is. One part of your body is being pulled in so much harder than the other part of your body that it rips you apart.

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      114 days ago

      Sounds like it’d be faster than the nervous system could process pain?

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        14 days ago

        That depends on the specifics of the black hole you are falling into. It could be over in the blink of an eye, or it could be like one of those medieval torture machines. The main difference being the mass: a smaller black hole would kill you faster.