just now new chapters in the history of black holes were added one of the mysterious hearts
of Darkness of the cosmos lies out there in the depths of space not too far from the edge of our
solar system three times closer than the previous record holder and roughly 10 times as large as
our sun researchers revealed last week that they had discovered a hibernating black hole just 1600
light years from our planet is this a new threat that will destroy our planet Earth let's find out
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click the Bell icon so you don't miss any of our amazing videos a total of 100 million black holes
each between five and one hundred times more massive than our sun are thought to be hiding
in our galaxy despite the fact that scientists have only discovered roughly 20 of them so far
according to musk the newly discovered black hole shouldn't maintain the title of closest to Earth
forever because there are so many others that are still undiscovered being close is obviously
a crucial aspect of worry when dealing with the all-consuming power of a black hole fortunately
in this instance staying dormant is equally significant because it indicates that the
black hole looks to be full and does not provide a hazard at the very least we should hope so musk
says the nsf's Noir Labs Gemini North telescope on the Hawaiian island of Hawaii was used to find
this specific black hole which has been dubbed Gaia bh1 according to NASA the majority of black
holes are created when big stars die when stars with masses of at least 10 times that of the Sun
or larger approach the end of their existence they collapse in explosive supernovae the black
hole which they leave behind is crammed full of matter with a mass of at least several Suns
it is impossible for anything not even light to escape the intense gravitational pull of these
dense objects scientists are unable to directly view a black hole since no light can escape from
one however as adjacent material is devoured by active black holes they generate x-rays that alert
scientists to their presence but since dormant black holes like the recently found one are not
feeding they do not generate x-rays even though they are more common inactive black holes can be
more difficult to detect the system is strange since it contradicts what is known about black
holes are created at this time in science it should have grown into a supergiant early in
its life as a star since bh1 is large enough to do so in fact long before that neighbor could develop
into the sun-like star it is today it should have enlarged sufficiently to swallow its partner star
musk explained perhaps the most urgent question and the one that interests the majority of people
are there more of these dormant black holes nearby the most critical question of all is is
it ever possible to awaken from a dormant phase please musk says let's pay particular attention
to that last question here's what happens when a dormant black hole awakens musk says that black
holes particularly the supermassive variety have gained a reputation as some sort of eternally
ravenous Cosmic devourers a terrifying vision is befitting of course when the gravity is so intense
that even light cannot Escape its attraction and the burps likewise reach over light years of space
black holes don't necessarily go on a Feeding Frenzy where they rip cosmic clouds and anything
else in their path to Pieces another possible state for a black hole is dormancy according
to experts the phrase that better captures this situation in scientific terms is quiescent such as
sleep is occasionally observed to occur in black holes this sleep can persist for a few years or
decades or even for millions of years a black hole's entry into this stage doesn't indicate
that it has suddenly lost its appetite according to scientists a black hole becomes dormant once
it has taken up all of the matter on its path of Destruction a black hole that has reached a
Cuisine State remains in that state until it is signaled to start spinning again musk explained
the fact that a black hole has entered equation state does not mean that it has devoured all the
stuff in its vicinity and is now sitting by itself in a Barren region of space stars and gas clouds
can maintain a steady orbit around a black hole as long as the nearby Cosmic components are kept
at a safe distance the first Dorman Stellar Mass black hole ever identified outside the Milky Way
galaxy was discovered according to a study that was published in nature in July 2022 one of these
black holes was discovered in a galaxy cluster named Sparks 1049 located 9.9 billion light years
from Earth according to a study published in the astrophysical journal letters this cluster was
producing stars at an astronomically High Pace equivalent to 300 sunsworth of mass annually
the reason according to scientists was a black hole that was sleeping there was a ton of cold
gas which was being utilized as fuel for Rapid star formation because the black hole
was dormant and not heating the gas in its proximity scientists now have observational
proof that the absence or dormancy of a black hole gives a tremendous opportunity for quick
bursts of star creation which was previously only a theory however according to musk a black
hole that is in equation phase doesn't remain dormant permanently eventually energy Dynamics
between nearby objects that are positioned at a safe distance apart are disrupted they move
into an area where the black holes pull draws them in as their orbit becomes perturbed at this
point the black hole awakens and starts to eat everything was nearby a black hole pulls apart
a star due to its immense tidal power in such an event which is known as a tidal disruption event
and results in spaghettification the star's matter is shattered into an accretion disk that surrounds
a black hole the black hole becomes heated and produces a pronounced flare in the X-ray region
what if a black hole collides with Earth what will happen despite the remote possibility the
results would be disastrous what would occur and how to stop it let's find out according to Musk
even with the optimistic estimate that would imply that there are currently more than 400
billion stars in the Milky Way and up to 1 billion black holes moving through the Galaxy
even if there are a staggeringly large number of black holes to take into account and Cosmic
durations are extraordinarily lengthy our chances of ever interacting with a black hole are still
incredibly Slim in fact the probabilities are extremely low if we are simply contemplating a
collision between Earth and a black hole around 1 in 40 billion for the course of Earth's Lifetime
by virtue of our mere existence and the fact that life has continued to flourish on our planet for
essentially its entire history it seems obvious in many ways that we have won the cosmic Lottery
consequently what would happen if we learned that we were set to lose the ultimate Cosmic Lottery
and that a black hole was heading straight for us it is extremely likely despite the great odds
sadly getting out of the path would be the only course of action at that time the only
thing that can significantly move a solar system is regrettably a gravitational interaction with
another massive Mass we couldn't move the Earth by ourselves we'd need to relocate the entire
solar system to avoid the black hole therefore the very occurrence we're attempting to prevent
namely the massive gravitational disruption of the orbits of the planets in our solar system
is the only thing that might be able to prevent us from being swallowed by an approaching black hole
if this scenario comes true the only sane thing to do would be to abandon spaceship earth or failing
that except the fact that we would perish along with it after an uninterrupted string of billions
of years of continued life on our planet musk finally explained and that ends our episode
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