My four year old and I are studying black holes and this question came up. I have not seen this scenerio discussed in any of our resources. Please try to answer as if you were discussing this with a ten year old.
Thanks
2007-05-11 07:55:56 · 9 answers · asked by Daybreak 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They would spiral in and eventually merge into a larger black hole. During the process they would emit large amounts of electromagnetic radiation (light) as well as cool things known as gravity waves. If you were nearby you would be stretched in one direction while being compressed in the other (spaghetti effect). They would eventually settle down into a larger black hole.
2007-05-11 08:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by mistofolese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I just saw a PBS documentary on the topic called "The Monster of the Milky Way" about what will happen when the supermassive black holes in the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide in a few billion years. They said that the black holes would merge and create a single, larger black hole.
2007-05-11 08:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real answer is we don't know exactly what would happen. The theories of relativity (physics of the very big) and quantum physics (physics of the very small) break down inside a black hole so we can't calculate what would happen. Quantum physics are used to explain what happened to sub atomic particles, and the theory of general relativity is used to explain what's going on extremely massive objects. When the two of them are mixed the equations break down resulting in an infinite possibilities. We would need to use both to describe what would happen. So what's going on in the center of a black hole is still a mystery, we can guess and theorize what might happen, but that's just educated guessing.
If you know what's going on inside a black hole please tell someone....
But as to my guess they would prolly merge although how they would do that I couldn't say.
2007-05-11 08:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by Derek S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two black holes would simply merge. If you are telling this to a ten year old, just say 1+1=bigger 1....Lol. I would just say they come together and make a bigger black hole.
2007-05-11 09:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Spilamilah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They merge to make one black hole twice as massive.
2007-05-11 09:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would try to absorb each other and would end up becoming one big black hole and along with that it would also destroy a significant part of that galaxy.
2007-05-11 08:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by So_Hot_An_Ice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makes one huge bang, with lots of radiation.
2007-05-11 08:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They merge.
2007-05-11 08:04:16 · answer #8 · answered by windsurfconsult 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they merge.
2007-05-11 08:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by neutron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋