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Asked by betsyjean to Jim on 9 Mar 2016.
Question: Are there any black holes near earth that could grow and become dangerous?
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Jim Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2016:
Luckily nope, as far as we know, there aren’t any black holes around here. There’s probably a big one at the centre of the galaxy, but that’s too far away to cause us any worry.
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Adrian commented on :
No, there is a huge black hole in the centre of the galaxy. We are safe, though. Everything in the Galaxy orbits around the centre, without touching it.
anon-106860 commented on :
I thought stars close enough to the black hole are destroyed by it?
Scott commented on :
You’re right actually. Normally the stars orbit the central black hole perfectly happily. Some even get very close indeed. But recently, astronomers watched a big cloud of gas get sucked in which was pretty exciting!
Scott commented on :
Black holes aren’t really all that dangerous… unless you get too close. For example, if the Sun turned into a black hole now (not that this cannot and never will happen!) the Earth would keep on spinning perfectly happily where it is: we wouldn’t all be sucked in! Obviously it would quickly get cold here, though 🙂
JACK HARWOOD commented on :
dam I thought that the world orbited round the galaxy bar in my hand
betsyjean commented on :
Thankyou for answering my question scientists
betsyjean commented on :
I’m glad to hear there are no black holes!!