Spinelli
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Post by Spinelli on Sept 30, 2006 22:09:53 GMT -5
I'm clueless here!! Implosion!?! How can something just pop like that?!? We were talking about it slightly in English last year and I found it interesting. Where do imploded things go? What the heck is it? Why, I ask you? WHY!?!
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xkamelx
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Post by xkamelx on Oct 1, 2006 3:27:24 GMT -5
I'm clueless here!! Implosion!?! How can something just pop like that?!? We were talking about it slightly in English last year and I found it interesting. Where do imploded things go? What the heck is it? Why, I ask you? WHY!?! Hi. The reasons things like stars implode, is because of the force of their own gravity. If their pressure pushing out weakens to the point that it's own gravity is stronger, then it will implode. As to what happens to the matter, it can be compress to astounding small sizes. Something that has the mass of our planet can be compressed into the size of a pin head. Incidentally, this is also how black holes form. When a massive star implodes on itself, it may have the mass of 50 of our suns, but be no larger then a mile in diameter. This kind of implosion and so much mass in such a small area causes it's gravity to be focused to that area, which can pull anything in, including light, and can warp the fabric of time. As to where matter goes once in a black hole, no one knows. Things also explode in space. Some stars explode, because their internal pressure pushing out becomes stronger then it's gravity pushing it in, holding it together. Out in space, there is no atmosphere, so things are a lot different than on earth. Animals, plants, and objects that are stable (do not explode or implode) on earth are stable because they either have an internal pressure that balances the pressure of the atmosphere pushing in on them or they have a very strong "shell" that keeps the object intact despite the pressure difference between inside and outside. Out in space, the absence of an atmosphere means that there is no pressure pushing in on an object, and if the object has a high pressure inside of it and does not have a strong shell, it will explode
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Spinelli
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Post by Spinelli on Oct 6, 2006 17:24:19 GMT -5
Wow, thank you. I knew that black holes formed, but this definitely gave detail and explanation. Great way of putting it. Thanks.
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xkamelx
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Post by xkamelx on Oct 8, 2006 14:42:29 GMT -5
Wow, thank you. I knew that black holes formed, but this definitely gave detail and explanation. Great way of putting it. Thanks. no problem.
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lordveovis
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Post by lordveovis on Feb 20, 2009 18:10:26 GMT -5
xkamelx, a neutron star would fall into this category as well. When a star implodes it can become dense enough to leave a neutron star but not a black hole. It all depends on the mass of the star.
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