15. If we traveled through a black hole, what would happen? Where would we end up? (A K2S Question)

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Unfortunately, once a star collapses beyond its Schwarzchild's radius and becomes a black hole, it effectively leaves our Universe. We can never hope to probe beyond the event horizon because the laws of our Universe no longer apply—space-time becomes so curved by gravity that matter is crushed into an infinitely tiny and dense point called a singularity. And Einstein's Theory of Relativity and the laws of quantum physics cannot reconcile the dramatic differences seen near a singularity.


Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer