spaghettify

Definitions

To stretch an object into a long thin shape under the influence of a very strong gravitational field gradient, such as found near a black hole.

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Examples

“If, for example, a black hole eats enough to triple its mass, then it will have⟳ grown three times as wide. For this reason⟳, black holes in the universe can be almost any size, but not all of them will spaghettify you before you cross the event horizon.”

“First, the intense gravitational forces around a black hole may 'spaghettify' space travellers before they even reach⟳ the event horizon, and second, the theory may be fully confirmed only if someone were prepared to test⟳ it.”

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