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Could a human enter a black hole to study it?

  • Written by Leo Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Physics, Grinnell College
imageA person falling into a black hole and being stretched while approaching the black hole's horizon.Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez, CC BY-NDimage

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