Many descriptions of a black hole refer to the creation of a quantum singularity forming in the center?

Question

I find very little math describing the formation of the singularity. If a singularity is formed does it have an infinite distance. Could it for example reach earth. It seems this singularity is fiction.

Answer 1

"Singularity
At the center of the black hole, well inside the event horizon, general relativity predicts a singularity, a place where the curvature of spacetime becomes infinite and gravitational forces become infinitely strong.

It is expected that future refinements or generalisations of general relativity (in particular quantum gravity) will change what is thought about the nature of black hole interiors. Most theorists interpret the mathematical singularity of the equations as indicating that the current theory is not complete, and that new phenomena must come into play as one approaches the singularity.[15]

The cosmic censorship hypothesis asserts that there are no naked singularities in general relativity. This hypothesis is that every singularity is hidden behind an event horizon and cannot be probed. Whether this hypothesis is true remains an active area of theoretical research"

Answer 2

A singularity is a math term connoting a point where an indeterminate (sometimes called infinity) results. For example, f(x) = 1/x results in a singularity at x = 0 (which is why computers can't divided by zero, infinity blows their little minds).

Physicists have adopted the term to physical phenomena where indeterminates occur in their equations as well as in nature. The black hole, for example, is postulated to have a singularity because, under its extreme gravity, one can imagine a point of space being squeezed into nothingness (the zero).

Of course, the fact that such singularities have not resulted in effects that are infinite (as best as we can make out), it is unlikely that true singularities exist in black holes. If there were true singularities, that would mean that there other, moderating forces preventing the infinity effects from happening. Those have not been found.

Answer 3

Most descriptions of a singularuity claim that it is the only cause of a black hole. It is a point with such a high mass and density that it has a dangerously high level of gravity. It then pulls everything into it, making it more dense, and the cycle continues. It's gravity is so strong that it even pulls in space it's self. This is not science fiction. If it was created on earth we would all be condensed to and become part of that singularity.

Answer 4

A singularity is a point. It has no dimensions -- no height, no width, no depth so it can't reach anywhere.