Is it possible to go into a black hole and survive?

Question

Serious answers only please, nobody tell me to "jump in one and tell me what you find out".

I've always been fascinated by black holes, but could you go in to one and somehow jettison yourself back out? Or even better, make it through the singularity and come out in another universe? What obstacles would you be facing and how could you overcome them?

I realize this is all impossible but it's purely theoretical for me. I read a book about a group of people who made it through a black hole and came out in another dimension

Answer 1

Interesting. Of all the answers given, only one (gemrtz 56) even came close to answering Luna Divider's question correctly.
People, he KNOWS that it's impossible to survive a direct encounter with a Black hole. What he's asking is a purely hypothetical, science fiction wise, for the sake of pure theory, etc. question. Discussion for the fun of it.
So let me take a stab at it.
Let's get away from this singularity stuff and go to a Black Hole that you can stand on, say a super massive BH, such as are found in the center of galaxies. And let's say you're in a ship that has an energy field that repels forces, such as gravity, with equal measure, not unlike a mirror. The stronger the G forces, the more they're repelled.
+G = -G.
So what would you encounter.
Well for one thing, the BH is three dimensional, like everything else in this three dimensional Universe of ours. There's no "through" to it, so there's no "other side". Massive gravity where ever you go.
Looking outward, all you'd see would be space rushing in on you, not unlike being on the receiving end of a massive wave crashing down on you. This incoming space is then instantly absorbed into the BH.
But of coarse, we're protected by our "repulsive force field".
Light streaming toward us, none being reflected back upward. In fact the only way we can "visualize" the surface of the BH is by the way the incoming matter/light is suddenly obliterated.
Now by increasing our "repulsive force field", we can slowly, at first, overcome the G forces pulling us downward and begin our assent. The farther we move away, the more we can dial back the "force field". Nothing like a smooth take off to keep our coffee from spilling.

Answer 2

No... You see being pulled into a black hole would,believe it or not, be tranquil at first, seeing all distances shape differently and so on. Until you reach a closer layer of the field if you were to look down at your body, it would look like your being stretched inward and once you reach surface, say you do your body would be pulled apart on an atom scale if not smaller!!! Suns being pulled in just add to the density worlds dissipate to the point where nothing is left. To think about it, black holes get bigger, and bigger, and bigger over time it may be billions of years. Back to being pulled in. If you were watching some one get pulled in... They would reach a point at which they are still alive, black holes are so dense they even trap light so watching someone being pulled in, based on theory, would start changing a reddish color before being completely gone, but still alive, from your vision!!! It is an extremely interesting topic and hoped this answered any questions on black holes.

Answer 3

As far as scientists understand them, a black hole is an incredibly dense mass, and due to its huge amount of matter, it has a huge gravitational force. This gravity is so strong light cannot escape, which is why they are black, and they can swollow suns whole, compressing them to a tiny fraction of their original size. If anything went into a black hole, it would be crushed, and not just crushed as we think of it, like crushing a can or even stomping on a bug, but the pressure would be so great molecules, and possibly even atoms wouldn't be able to exist in any form we can currently explain. So no, based on what we know of black holes, there is no way to go into one without being completely obliterated.

Answer 4

I do not think it would be possible to survive. I suspect that the gradient of the hole's awesome gravity would literally rip one apart.

Consider that the human body has a fairly uniform mass-density -- roughly that of pure water, or 1kg/l. The force one experiences on Earth is the gravitational constant G times one's mass. On Earth, G has the same value from head to toe. Approaching a black hole, G is not a constant, but a gradient, and (assuming you are standing) your feet would experience much more acceleration than your head. I imagine the sensation would be much like being ripped apart on a medieval rack. Eventually, your feet would be falling faster than your head and you'd be quite dead.

Answer 5

Lots of ifs in the equation. If you could balance the gravitational constant inside and outside the spacecraft. If there were a means, after balancing the GC, to navigate around the collapsed star debris in the core of the rift. If after navigating around the core initiate a powerful enough magnetic field around the space craft to protect it from the shift in the space time continuum. If all of the former criteria could be met and reversed for a return trip. Impossible now. Maybe in 2 or 3 thousand years? It most certainly would broaden the aspect of space exploration.

Answer 6

Its possible to be shot out the other end in another universe, but truly the answer is no when it comes to surviving after going into a black hole.

Answer 7

I don't think it would be possible to survive. I just read a book on the solar system with my 4th grade daughter. Black Holes suck up everything - including light. Anything that can "absorb" light - I can't imagine what it would do to a human body.

Answer 8

the singularity isn't a hole. what you are referring to is white holes. they so not exist because the violate the second law of thermodynamics. so they don't exist. and it is impossible to live through a black hole. you would be ripped apart then crushed long before you reached another universe, even though they don't exist.

Answer 9

I'm not positive, but i'm pretty sure it's not possible. the intense mass and grativational pull of a black hole would turn Earth in to about the size of a tip of a pin....imagine how small we would be! How could you ever survive the planet collapsing in on itself?

Answer 10

As far as we know, the answer is no. Before you even got to the event horizon you'd be shredded by tidal forces. And, once you cross the event horizon, you can't get up the escape velocity since it's greater than lightspeed. Also, about that time, your component atoms would be starting to be pulled apart into their constituent quarks and you'd end up in the frothy 'quantum foam' of the singularity.

Doug