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The largest Black Hole compared to Our Solar System (lemm.ee)
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The largest Black Hole compared to Our Solar System

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[โ€“] TauZero@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the density is calculated from the event horizon, which is a somewhat arbitrary boundary. All the mass is still concentrated at the singularity which is still infinitely dense, just... a bit more so.

[โ€“] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Ah, I didn't realize that. I guess that's a little more terrifying. Sounds like you could pass the event horizon and not be instantly crushed, but would have no way of ever escaping. You'd just eventually get sucked into the singularity.