Spaghettification
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title:
Spaghettification
text:
In astrophysics, spaghettification is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes in a very strong, non-homogeneous gravitational field. It is caused by extreme tidal forces. In the most extreme cases, near a black hole, the stretching and compression are so powerful that no object can resist it. Within a small region, the horizontal compression balances the vertical stretching so that a small object being spaghettified experiences no net change in volume.
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Phenomenon in astrophysics
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification
date created:
2004-09-05T17:05:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T03:46:40Z
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