Space and time are intertwined, called space-time, and gravity has the ability to stretch space-time. Objects with a large mass will be able to stretch space-time to the point where our perception of it changes, known as time dilation. The more mass an object has, the more it stretches and slows down time.<\/p>\n
For example, Sagittarius A* the gigantic black hole at the centre of the galaxy would almost be able to stretch time to a point where it almost comes to a complete standstill.<\/p>\n
Sagittarius A* has a radius of 22 million kilometres and a mass of more than four million times that of the Sun.<\/p>\n
In other words, it is very dense.<\/p>\n
And because it is so heavy, it has the ability to completely stretch out space-time, and travelling towards its centre means time would almost come to a standstill for you.<\/p>\n
Emma Osborne, an astrophysicist at the University of Southampton, previously told an audience at New Scientist Live: Anything mass will stretch space-time. And the heavier something is, or the more mass it has, the more it will stretch space-time.<\/p>\n
If you were to stand just outside the event horizon of Sagittarius A*, and you stood there for one minute, 700 years would pass because time passes so much slower in the gravitational field there than it does on Earth.<\/p>\n
However, when one reaches the singularity the infinitesimally small point expect to be torn to shreds by the intense gravitational pull.<\/p>\n
This is due to a process called spaghettification. The immense gravitational pull is so strong that the force is much stronger at the base than the top.<\/p>\n
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