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Will the black hole inside the Milky Way eat our mother Earth?

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Not anytime soon, no. There is indeed a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, a few million times as massive as the Sun. Our Sun orbits the center of the galaxy approximately every 225 million years, just as the Earth orbits the Sun with a period of one year. read more

So, let's see if we can find a way to get Earth into that central supermassive black hole. The first hurdle occurs when the Sun runs out of fuel. During its red giant stage, the Sun will expand to become large enough to cover the Earth's orbit. read more

The Milky Way is thought to be spinning around a terrifyingly massive hole that's millions of times bigger than our Sun. But this gigantic galactic gobbler could one day go rogue and eat up the Earth - assuming it's not already been swallowed by The Sun - as well as every other planet and star in the Milky Way. read more