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Ray_D_O_Dog t1_japu3q1 wrote

I'm pretty sure that this is when you get "spaghettified."

Basically, the rate at which gravity changes (as a function of distance from the black hole) is so huge, that the gravitational force on your feet would be so much greater than that force on your head, that you would be stretched like taffy...or, um, spaghetti.

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mutandis57 t1_jaq01xb wrote

If the black hole is large enough (like the 4 million solar mass at our galaxy center), the point where tidal forces become unbearable lies way inside the event horizon. You could fall through the event horizon and not even notice unless paying attention to your navigation instruments. You'd continue to fall for the next 30 seconds blissfully unaware that there is now no chance to escape. You WILL get spaghettified in the last second before impact with the singularity though.

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