What if you fell into a black hole?
TRAVELLING INTO THE SINGULARITY OF ONE OF THESE OBJECTS WOULD BE THE ONE-WAY TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
A black hole has one of the strongest gravitational pulls of any object in the universe; get caught in its clutches and you’re doomed. Beyond a point called the event horizon, space and time curve so extremely that even light cannot escape. Inside, matter crushes down to a single point, called a singularity. This black spot is completely invisible because light can’t get out. Even so, you can see the effects from the outside.
If you got close to a black hole you would see light starting to bend, swirling around the central dark point like water going into a plughole. You’d start to move faster and faster as gravity tugged you in and, if you were travelling feet first, you’d see strange things happening to your body. Your feet, closer to the black hole than your head, would experience a stronger pull and your body would start to stretch. If the black hole were small, you’d rip apart, but if it were large, you’d carry on spinning.
When you crossed the event horizon everything would go dark, but you wouldn’t have long to look around. You’d become part of the black hole, crushed to a speck with no chance of escape.