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These are the seven biggest myths about black holes busted by science. Myth five, black holes stay in one place. It's easy to imagine black holes as static points in space. But just like stars, planets, and everything else in the universe, black holes are actually mobile. In fact, scientists have even observed two black holes colliding and forming one even bigger black hole. This merger actually radiated a lot of power. In fact, more watts than the combined light power of all the stars and all the galaxies in the known universe. Myth six, black holes are holes in spaceime. A black hole is a hole, but just in the sense that if something falls into it, it will get trapped in there. It's not literally a
hole in spaceime that opens up somewhere else. What exactly happens on the inside of a black hole? Well, we have absolutely no way of knowing for sure. Not even light can escape from a black hole, so scientists can't see inside. Myth seven, a black hole would crush you to death. If you were ever unlucky enough to fall into a black hole, be assured it's not the crushing pressure that would kill you. Instead, you'd have to thank the process of spaghettification for your demise, which sadly has nothing to do with pasta. Gravitational forces are always stronger the closer you get to an object. But with a black hole, the difference is seriously noticeable. If you fell in feet first, your lower body
would accelerate towards the black hole center much quicker than your head. Your body would be rapidly stretched like spaghetti and eventually ripped apart. However, the nearest black hole is nearly 1,600 lighty years away. So, for now, you can rest easy.
