Will Our Black Hole Eat the Milky Way?
Guide to Space Ep. 262
Will Our Black Hole Eat the Milky Way?
Airdate: 8/15/2016
Comments (5)
New Question: I know that it is very unlikely that our sun will collide with another star when Milky Way collides with Andromeda. However, what would be the impact of dense molecular and dust clouds? How likely is it that our solar system will be engulfed by a dust cloud? What it would be like to pass through such a cloud? Would we (theoretically) even notice? What would be the consequences? And what would be the probability of such occurrence? Thank you.
You asked for new question. OK. Can you please produce a video about the proportion of the universe's hydrogen that will be fused into heavier elements by the time the last star has stopped fusing and any remnants are just cooling off?
Interesting question, I'll look into this. :-)
Nice podcast... The question that I have-- you mentioned it being dark if our sun would be replaced by black hole... An interesting scenario would be to put us at a suitable Lagrange point and feed the black hole to emit suitable radiation that could keep our planet warm (providing we are able to withstand the radiation). It is rather off the wall, but I hope it is suitable food for thought. :)
We covered this idea a bit in another episode. The fact that you can extract energy from a spinning black hole by feeding it matter, and catching the stuff that's spewed back out.
