If a nuclear bomb exploded in space, what do you think will happen, would it create a black hole?

Answer 1

During the time when atmospheric testing was still being done, several tests of nuclear bombs were done in the far upper atmosphere (nearby space). Certainly no black holes were created. There were brief electrical disruptions and the explosions were spherical, rather than mushroom cloud shaped, but otherwise they were simply big explosions. The energy associated to even a small black hole is many, many times more than anything we have ever created on earth.

Answer 2

No. A black hole is formed when super giant star dies. It occurs when a red giant goes supernova and continues collapsing under gravitation (it'w own) becomming denser and denser until it becomes so dense that even light cannot escape, by defination a singularity or a black hole.

Nuclear reactions in stars blow hydrogen outwards from them while gravitation pulls the hydrogen back into them making stars a balancing act of sorts. However, when the hydrogen runs out and the subsequent fuel it burns are exhausted, the star has no more fuel left to burn and it collapses upon itself as the only remaining force acting on it is it's gravitation.

The possibility of that happening when a nuclear bomb detonates in space, is minute. Even the Sun, a nuclear reactor by nature, has to shrink into an area the size of a full stop to realize it's black hole potential.

Realisticly, an object has to provide a gravitational incentive for it's collapse under it's own gravitation. A nuclear bomb would merely disperse or cause a repulsive dispersion of hydrogen, pushing outwards. However, the gravitational incentive of a hydrogen bomb ot it's attractive inwards force is not sufficient to fund the production of a black hole.

Answer 3

Not even close. Black Holes are dead remnents of very massive stars, usually no less then 20 times the mass of our Sun. If a nuclear bomb exploded in space we'd have a pretty light show and that's about it. You have to understand that this is outer space we're talking about. Things are very big and moving very fast.

If a nuke was set off in space, it would redirect the path of a small meteor. Maybe. That's assuming the meteor is on the small side of the scale and your timing is perfect.

Answer 4

NO!!! A black hole only exist after a star like the Sun has did and this is really not answering your question but when the Sun turns into a black hole it would suck up light, sound, and every thing around

Answer 5

No way! A black hole results from an immense amount of mass, which a nuclear bomb isn't.

Answer 6

The energy released by the largest known human built nuclear bomb is nothing compared to the energy released by a standard sized star like our sun in just a few seconds. The energy release by our sun is nothing compared to the rate of energy released by a super nova. few supernova are thought to transition into black holes. It therefore is not likely that a human built nuclear bomb could result in a black hole.

Answer 7

No way. to create a Black hole, there should be a huge amount of matter(atoms), normally more than our sun has. Black hole is not a blank space. it is full of mater.
so atomic bomb won't creat a that.

Answer 8

not enough energy for a black hole thats likes a microscopic energy. On the sun its like 1,000,000 atomic bombs exploding per second. So you need something bigger then our own sun to make a black hole.

Answer 9

No black hole you would need billions more energy to manufacture a black hole. The blast would create a deadly burst of gamma radiation that would travel outward for a very very long time. Also there would be a an expanding debris field of radioactive particles. for space trravellers to contend with. Please do not detonate your nuclear weopon. (donate it to the Smithsonian/ perhaps).
seriously it requires a massive supernova explosion of a very large star to manufacture a black hole.
Dan.

Answer 10

if you think about it, a nuclear bomb can destroy like a city. ( im talking about the hiroshima\nagasaki ones i know modern days nuclear bombs are stronger) relatively compare the size of 1 city, to the size of the earth, and compare that to the size of the sun, and compare that to the distance between the sun and its nearest know star. Very big gap. A nuclear bomb blows up, we get a REALLY REALLY powerful telescope and look at it. thats about it.