If a black hole as small as a coin appeared on Earth, what would happen to us?
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If a black hole as small as a coin appeared on Earth, what would happen to us?

Black holes are some of the most fascinating and strange objects discovered in the vast universe.

The power of black holes is ‘unmatched’ in the entire universe

With stellar black holes, these are small black holes born from a dead star (supernova), with a mass several dozen times greater than the Sun.

Finally, the scariest and most powerful type of black holes are super black holes, often located in the central areas of galaxies.

Witnessing the ‘powerful’ power of giant black holes, have you ever asked a series of fictional questions: Does the universe exist super, super small black holes, just the size of a

If a black hole as small as a coin appeared on Earth, what would happen to us?

With the size of only a coin, do these black holes have the power to wipe out our planet?

To answer the above question, the famous science Youtube channel Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell has posed a completely interesting but equally scary hypothetical scenario, when a microscopic black hole suddenly appears on Earth.

In the first hypothesis, the black hole has a mass equivalent to a coin, which weighs only about 5 grams.

Meanwhile, in the second hypothesis, the black hole has a diameter equivalent to a coin.

So in both of the above hypotheses, what will happen to the Earth?

Please watch the video Viet Hoa: What would happen if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared on Earth?

What would happen if a coin-sized black hole appeared on Earth?

Source: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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