If the Sun Became a Black Hole, Would Earth Fall In?

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Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! Try it here: https://skl.sh/scishow-13 If our sun turned into a black hole, you might think our solar system would be doomed, but in reality that's just not how black holes work. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/86-the-universe/black-holes-and-quasars/general-questions/423-what-is-the-density-of-a-black-hole-advanced https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/black-hole2.htm https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/schwarzschild-radius https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-4/Mathematics-of-Satellite-Motion https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0453-9.epdf https://www.sciencealert.com/what-will-happen-after-the-sun-dies-planetary-nebula-solar-system https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/dr-marc-sun/black-hole-sun.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/blkhol.html Images: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10297 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12033
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