What would happen if a black hole swallowed the sun?

How likely is it that a black hole could enter the Solar System? Well, you'd have to define likely; it is more likely that the Earth will get swallowed by a black hole than, say, winning the lottery ten times in a row, but less likely than being struck by lightning. read more

You see, if a black hole swallowed the sun, that would mean the sun ain’t there no more. And that’s a bad thing for planet Earth. No sunlight means no more living things, and yes, that means humans too. read more

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Another scenario might be that a black hole simply appears in the core of the Sun. This last is total nonsense of course, it can’t happen: but if such a thing ever happened, and it were a large black hole, then the Sun would be quickly and catastrophically swallowed. In the end the black hole would be all that was left. read more

well Earth would have been knocked of its orbit long time before that happened. the gravitational gradients would have started tearing planet appart when the black hole would be a lightyear near of our solar system. read more