Destroying a Black Hole with Anti-Matter?

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Would it be possible to destroy a black hole if you threw enough anti-matter into it?

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No, it would just add mass to the black hole.

Posts : 36 Join date : 2011-08-23

No, but it would be pure hell on your pitching arm.

Posts : 5 Join date : 2011-08-24

I can't help but imagine a ship straying too close to a BH. Captain yells "dump the antimatter reactor", thinking it will soften the BH. Sure enough, the BH swallows the antimatter, grows, only to make it easier to consume the ship.

Sci-fi comedy gold I tell ya.

As pointed out, antimatter will not work.

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johnastro wrote:: Sci-fi comedy gold I tell ya.

*gasp* are you telling me that the science in the new Star Trek movie is wrong? Laughing

Posts : 7 Join date : 2011-08-23

Ah yea, star trek isn't the best place to go for hard science Razz

It is a little better then the science of the Death Star or the famous "Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs." Did Han find a "short cut"?

and thanks for the answers all Smile

Subject: Re: Destroying a Black Hole with Anti-Matter? Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:33 pm

lol well they have to make it better for those who dont like true science lol

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