
Listener Questions: Black Holes, Dark Entropy and a Radio Free Zone!
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Gravity of the Earth Is Infinite, Right?
Gravity is infinite in extent. It falls off like one over distant squared. So we would feel the same gravitational force, which means we would fall into the peanut sized black hole if the earth suddenly turned into a black hole. And so it's not a matter of distance, because i guess, technically, you would feel the force from this black hole anywhere in the universe. That's why that neighboring galaxy is coming towards us and we're shooting towards it. Like every black hole in the universe, fom which there might an infinite about or trillions, we're getting sucked into them as we speak,.
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