Surprising Science — February 24, 2014

Death by Black Hole

Here’s your existential food-for-thought for the day. What exactly would happen to you if you got sucked into a black hole? What would that demise be like? Everyone’s favorite astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains in this short video:

Image credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr

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