• Question: what would happen if a neutron star had a supernova just as it entered a supermassive black hole

    Asked by pumpkin_king_11 on 15 Jan 2025.
    • Photo: Sheridan Williams

      Sheridan Williams answered on 15 Jan 2025:

      The black hole would just get bigger. A neutron star going supernova is miniscule compared to a black hole. Interesting though experiment though.

    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 22 Jan 2025: last edited 22 Jan 2025 13:01

      The accretion disc, the spinning brightly coloured area of dust and bits around the black hole would look really pretty as there would be lots of stuff to glow as it spins towards the black-hole.

    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 13 Feb 2025:

      All the matter in the star would simply fall into the black hole… that’s what they do!

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