2007-10-14 18:25:04 · 8 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No.
Sometimes persons have a science fictional concept of what black holes are.
A black hole is designated to have a large gravitational field only because of it's very small size. Black holes are collapsed stars. Massive black holes may be the combined mass of several stars. However, once a star collapses into a black hole, it continues to have the same mass it had when it was a star. Therefore, it continues to have exactly the same gravity it had when it was a star. No more, no less.
Black holes do not suck everything up in the galaxy. They are not cosmic vacuum cleaners threatening everything around them. If our Sun was a black hole, the Earth would continue to revolve around it just as it does today.
Our Sun is on the Orion Arm which is 3500 light years across. Far away from the Galactic Core.
If you look at a picture of the Milky Way galaxy, you will see that stars are revolving around the galactic center and there are millions of stars in the center of our galaxy. THEY are not getting 'swallowed' by the black holes either.
Once you realise what black holes are, they lose their mystery and one sees that they are nothing to fear unless you get within the event horizon which is VERY close to the object.
Those who said yes or maybe are misinformed about our galaxy or what black holes are.
2007-10-14 18:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by oscillator 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
yes it is possible.
no it is not probable.
it would be like the earth just deciding to fly towards the sun. Something would have to push the earth toward it.
the sun----black hole are not strong enough to pull that hard at such a distance
Even still It would take millions of years for us to get there though
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2007-10-14 18:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In regard to position we are too far away for the black holes to have any effect on our solar system
2007-10-14 19:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to theory, yes.
According to probability, perhaps.
In the lifetimes of any descendants you might have happened to engender by the time of your own demise, highly doubtful.
This is NOT something that you should spend any significant amount of time worrying about.
2007-10-14 19:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by Robert G 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not very likely - the black hole you are referring to is at the center of our galaxy where as we are on one of its spiral arms.
2007-10-14 18:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by Likini Solutions 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
of course its possible. there are quite a few black holes in our universe, but not all are active.
2007-10-14 19:16:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes its possible
2007-10-14 19:05:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
possibly.
no one really knows for sure.
2007-10-14 18:32:50 · answer #8 · answered by Tiki 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋