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What Would Happen to Earth If Billions of Black Holes Exploded at Once?

Yesterday, you saw what would happen if for some unfathomable reason Jupiter would decide to go rogue and devour the rest of the solar system. We decided to continue the disaster talk by bringing to your attention the effects of all the blacks holes in the Universe exploding at once.
Artist's drawing black hole Cygnus X-1 6 photos
Photo: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
Artist's drawing of the Milky Way galaxyArtist's drawing black hole Cygnus X-1C of the Milky Way galaxy as seen by the Chandra X-ray ObservatorySagittarius A black hole at the center of the Milky WaySimulated black hole
According to a definition by NASA, a black hole is “a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out.” They come to be when massive stars die by collapsing on themselves, turning supernova, and are, for all intents and purposes, the monsters in the Universe's closet.

In a very childish way, NASA says black holes can be “big or small,” with small being of course a relative term. National Geographic on the other hand classifies them into four categories, namely stellar, intermediate, supermassive, and miniature. No matter their size though, they certainly are frightening apparitions.

It is impossible for us humans to accurately estimate how many black holes are in the Milky Way, the place where Earth is, let alone in the entire, huge Universe. Estimates are that there are anywhere between 100 and 400 million black holes in our galaxy alone, but our guess is this number is nothing more than a… guess, and a relative one at that.

So, with so many of these things around, what would happen if all black holes, for whatever reason, decided to go kaboom, at precisely the same time?

That’s a question the guys over at What If try to answer in the video attached below. A very stretched exercise of the imagination, I’ll give you that, but one that gives us a hint, if one was needed, of how small and insignificant we all are compared to the immense forces at play out there.

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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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