<P> In astrophysics , spaghettification ( sometimes referred to as the noodle effect ) is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes ( rather like spaghetti ) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field ; it is caused by extreme tidal forces . In the most extreme cases , near black holes , the stretching is so powerful that no object can withstand it , no matter how strong its components . Within a small region the horizontal compression balances the vertical stretching so that small objects being spaghettified experience no net change in volume . </P>
<P> In astrophysics , spaghettification ( sometimes referred to as the noodle effect ) is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes ( rather like spaghetti ) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field ; it is caused by extreme tidal forces . In the most extreme cases , near black holes , the stretching is so powerful that no object can withstand it , no matter how strong its components . Within a small region the horizontal compression balances the vertical stretching so that small objects being spaghettified experience no net change in volume . </P>
what is meant by the term spaghettification applied to falling into a black hole
what is meant by the term spaghettification applied to falling into a black hole
the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes ( rather like spaghetti ) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field
the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes ( rather like spaghetti ) in a very strong non-homogeneous gravitational field