A Black Hole in Our Solar System

How a monster might be lurking at the edges

Ella Alderson
Nov 7 · 5 min read
An artist’s impression shows the spectacle a gas giant like Jupiter would become if consumed by a black hole. Image by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

There are only gentle signs at first. The outer planets would careen off their usual orbits and on Earth we’d notice the night sky is threaded with the metallic glint of more and more comets as the days go on. The comets have been torn out of their silent beds in the Oort cloud, sent towards the belly of the Solar System where they…

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Ella Alderson

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Physics student. A passion for language and the mysteries of our universe, our future, and our human condition. I can be reached at ella.aldrsn@gmail.com

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