Can I Survive Moving Into a Black Hole?

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Falling into a black hole would result in a rapid and fatal experience, as time would not slow down for the individual. Observers outside the black hole would perceive the person falling in as moving slowly, but this is an illusion caused by the extreme gravitational effects. The individual would pass through the event horizon quickly, while the black hole itself would continue to exist for billions of years before eventually evaporating due to Hawking radiation. The discussion emphasizes that the perception of time differs significantly for those inside versus outside the black hole. For a comprehensive understanding, Neil deGrasse Tyson's book "Death by Black Hole" is recommended.
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since we know that black holes give off hawking radiation and slowly evaporates, and time seems to come to a screeching halt near a black hole. if you were to move into a black hole would it evaporate before you reach the very center?
 
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SheepWShotgun said:
since we know that black holes give off hawking radiation and slowly evaporates, and time seems to come to a screeching halt near a black hole. if you were to move into a black hole would it evaporate before you reach the very center?

If you fell into a BH time would not slow down for you. In a stellar mass black hole you would have little time to live. Basically you would be shredded and compressed in short order.

It is only a person far outside the black hole watching you who would see you moving in slow-mo. He would not see the last split splat of your life that transpired after you fell thru the horizon. He would only see you as you fell down right to the horizon. And he would see that episode stretched way way out in HIS time. If he kept watching it would seem to him that it took you hours to fall the last little ways to the horizon.

But according to your own pulse and timesense and wristwatch, you would whip thru the horizon and continue falling to the center in a flash.

Meanwhile the hole would have billions and billions more years of life (after it ate you and) before it evaporated.
 
SheepWShotgun said:
since we know that black holes give off hawking radiation and slowly evaporates, and time seems to come to a screeching halt near a black hole. if you were to move into a black hole would it evaporate before you reach the very center?

I highly recommend that you read Neil deGrasse Tyson's book Death by Black Hole.
It will effectively answer this, as well as other questions you might have.
 
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