What would happen if you fell into a black hole?

[S.O.S]

It would go dark.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

It's a fascinating argument, for sure, but essentially they're matter crushers, right? any sort of matter goes in but doesn't escape.

It's not survivable. But if it was is there any way of letting us know if you did?

[Cyco]

It would go dark.

Not to your vision, it would actually get very bright even after the event horizon.

The event horizon just stops the light from escaping, not it being light. As a result all the light will be intensified till it hits the singularity

[whiteballz]

I'd get stuck.

[S.O.S]

Not to your vision, it would actually get very bright even after the event horizon.

The event horizon just stops the light from escaping, not it being light. As a result all the light will be intensified till it hits the singularity

You lost me at not.

I'd close my eyes - big pussy.

[derekthetree]

It's a fascinating argument, for sure, but essentially they're matter crushers, right? any sort of matter goes in but doesn't escape.

It's not survivable. But if it was is there any way of letting us know if you did?

Energy, or at least information is theorised to be able to escape. Stephen hawking famously went back on a statement regarding balck holes and now has Hawking radiation to thank for it

Hawking Radiation

[cargirl1990]

If I could, I 'd explore the Universe... with my friend.

[NSXType-R]

Wouldn't you freeze quickly in space?

Maybe, but your blood will boil too, because since there's a vacuum, there's no vapor pressure to keep it from boiling/evaporating away. Or so I hear.

[clutch-monkey]

i dunno if boil is right. it's more you just depressurise... i mean right now you have a fair bit of pressure pushing in on your body.

[NSXType-R]

Damn Interesting • Outer Space Exposure

Check this out.

"In the absence of atmospheric pressure water will spontaneously convert into vapor, which would cause the moisture in a victim’s mouth and eyes to quickly boil away. The same effect would cause water in the muscles and soft tissues of the body to evaporate, prompting some parts of the body to swell to twice their usual size after a few moments. This bloating may result in some superficial bruising due to broken capillaries, but it would not be sufficient to break the skin.

At this point the victim would be floating in a blue, bloated, unresponsive stupor, but their brain would remain undamaged and their heart would continue to beat. If pressurized oxygen is administered within about one and a half minutes, a person in such a state is likely make a complete recovery with only minor injuries, though the hypoxia-induced blindness may not pass for some time. Without intervention in those first ninety seconds, the blood pressure would fall sufficiently that the blood itself would begin to boil, and the heart would stop beating. There are no recorded instances of successful resuscitation beyond that threshold."

Excerpts from the article. That is what I meant by the blood boiling.

And you'd be fully conscious for about 10 seconds, before you start to go blind. Really a horrible way to go.

Edit- and in the process, I found a really interesting blog. Win!

[jcp123]

You'd die.