Overview:
The universe is vast and boundless, with countless galaxies and celestial bodies, some of which are very special, such as pulsars, neutron stars, and black holes. To ask these special celestial bodies which is the most mysterious, it must be a black hole. Modern science believes that the reason for the formation of black holes is the product of the death of stars. Whether this is really the case remains to be studied.
Humans know very
little about black holes. The only thing they know is that black holes have a
strong attraction. Anything close to it can hardly escape its swallowing. Even
stars can't avoid it, and light can't escape its swallowing. Therefore,
although black holes cannot be directly observed, it is not too difficult to
discover the existence of black holes in the universe, especially some huge
black holes, which are easy to be observed.
In the vast universe, the mass of a star is two to three times that of
the sun. When its life ends, the last bit of hydrogen is fused into a stable
iron element. A dazzling light cut through the universe. Next, there
will be permanent darkness. The star does not have the thrust generated by
nuclear fusion to resist gravity. It will collapse indefinitely, and when
the volume is smaller than the Schwarzschild radius, a black hole is formed.
Black holes have a huge gravitational force. In a
black hole, all matter will gather at a point with an infinite density and an
infinitely small volume. It is a singularity. On the edge of the black
hole is the event horizon. All matter that crosses the event horizon will be
sucked into the black hole, and even light cannot escape. Black holes are
like gluttonous beasts in the universe consuming everything.
Something that can "come out" from black holes |
In our inherent impression, it is the fastest runner
alone. Since even light can't escape the "blood mouth" of the
black hole, then there must be nothing that can come out of the black hole.
Hawking's Theory:
This view dominated the academic circles for decades,
until the king of the universe-Hawking's Hawking radiation theory came out.
Everyone knows that Hawking is one of the greatest
physicists after Einstein. He was born in Oxford, England, and is a famous
physicist at Cambridge University in England. Unfortunately, at the age of
21, Hawking suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as
gradual freezing syndrome. He was paralyzed all over and could not
speak. You can only walk in a wheelchair and communicate with people with
special equipment. Although Hawking's body is imprisoned, his mind still
travels in the universe and is obsessed with black holes.
Hawking radiation theory |
In 1974, Hawking proposed the famous Hawking radiation
theory. The theory holds that black holes are not dark and cold. On
the contrary, it is constantly radiating heat to the outside world. More
importantly, it pointed out that "something can come out of a black
hole."
Many particle and antiparticle pairs appear out of thin
air in a vacuum, and they annihilate each other in a very short time. This
has no impact on us at the macro level. However, if this pair of
particle-antiparticles appears near the black hole, it is possible that one
will be sucked into the event horizon while the other just escapes. According
to the law of conservation of energy, the escaped particle will carry the mass
of the black hole itself, which is Hawking radiation.
The proposal of Hawking Radiation is of great
significance. The academic circles originally believed that black holes
would only grow, but with Hawking’s new theory, people realized that black
holes would radiate through Hawking and lose mass. When the absorbed mass
cannot make ends meet, the black hole will slowly evaporate, shrink, and
eventually disappear. Of course this is a very slow process.
If a black hole has the same mass as the sun, it takes 10
to 67 years to completely evaporate.
The super-large black hole at the center of the Milky Way
will take 10 87 years to completely evaporate.
After about 10 to the 90th power, all black holes in the
universe will evaporate.
Our universe has only been 13.8 billion years since its
birth, which is about the order of 10 to the power of 10 years.
These are enough to show that Hawking radiation is very
slow and the amount of radiation is also very small. Until today,
astronomers have not actually observed Hawking radiation, but the academic
community generally believes that Hawking's theory is correct, but our
observation methods are not enough to detect Hawking radiation.
Hawking is physically disabled and strong, insists on
academic research. His results have made outstanding contributions to
helping people understand the universe and understand black holes.
Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, which was exactly 300
years after Galileo's death. Hawking died on March 14, 2018, which
happened to be Einstein's birthday. Perhaps this is God's will, this is
the glorious inheritance.
Can Blackhole Enter the Solar System?
A black hole is definitely an overlord-level
existence in the universe. No celestial body dares to provoke it, and the black
hole can also move. The area it passes through is like a locust passing a
mirror, and no grass grows. Naturally, the solar system is also very
afraid of black holes, especially the earth is a living planet. Human beings
have not yet been able to deal with black holes. Once a black hole enters the
solar system, it will definitely be a disaster for the earth.
Although the probability of a black hole entering
the solar system is very small, this kind of thing will really happen in the
future. When scientists are observing the cosmic bodies, they discovered that a
black hole named GRO J1655-40 is gradually growing at a very fast speed. The
distance between the two is about 6000 light-years. As it moves forward, it has
swallowed a lot of stars. If the black hole does not change its direction while
it is moving forward, Then it only takes 10 million years for the GRO J1655-40
black hole to meet the earth.
10 million years seems to be a very long time,
but for the age of a planet, this time is too short. The earth has been born
for 4.6 billion years and has not experienced countless disasters, including
asteroid impacts. These disasters are not yet As for the destruction of the
earth, black holes are different. It is a devastating disaster. Once it
tells the earth, the earth will be torn into pieces and then swallowed. At that
time, the solar system may die collectively, and the sun may also be swallowed.
Of course, 10 million years is a very short time
for a galaxy or planet, but for an intelligent civilization, it is a very long
time. It has only been more than 2 million years since the birth of
mankind, and the development of science and technology of mankind has only been
hundreds of years. It only took us about 100 years to make science develop
rapidly, and it has allowed mankind to step out of the earth and begin to
explore. universe.
With the development speed of human civilization,
in another 10 million years, we don’t know how strong human beings will be. At
that time, we may have achieved superluminal flight, and humanity’s footsteps
have covered the entire galaxy, with many colonies. Planet. Even if this
black hole comes to the solar system, we don’t have to worry. If we have the
technological capabilities to deal with the black hole, and if there is no way
to prevent the black hole from engulfing the earth, then humans can completely
abandon the solar system and emigrate to other colonized planets.
Although there are many risks and disasters in
the universe, such as black holes, as long as human technology develops rapidly
and given us a certain amount of time, humans can continue to grow stronger and
become a super civilization in the universe, with the ability of interstellar
navigation. You can go to the vast majority of the universe, and you don’t have
to worry about encountering things like black holes. If you can’t evade it, you
can run and develop in another place. Human civilization will also continue.
Scientists will continue to observe and study the
nature of black holes. Perhaps black holes are not like we knew in the past.
They may exist like wormholes. If this is the case, then black holes are not a
curse but a blessing for mankind. It will help mankind speed up the exploration
of the universe.
However, scientists speculate that there are many
natural wormholes in the universe, and you can easily reach the depths of the
universe through these wormholes and achieve superluminal flight. If a
black hole is a wormhole, as long as we develop techniques and methods that can
counteract the powerful attraction of the black hole, we can enter and pass
through the black hole. I believe that in the future, mankind will be able
to study the method of entering a black hole. At that time, it will be possible
to detect black holes in all aspects and understand what the nature of black
holes is.
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