• Question: do you have any idea why that black hole formed in a school playground in China?

    Asked by evierose to Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      That sounds like an urban myth to me – if it really had done the world would have ceased to exist.

      I think what you mean is a sink hole:
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/china-sinkhole-swallows-p_n_614429.html
      which is because the earth gave way below the playground because the ground became unstable, perhaps via a mini earthquake or the action of water

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      You mean a sinkhole? These happen when the land is unstable and when rains occur. Check out this recent one in South America; http://www.manolith.com/2010/06/01/sink-hole-in-guatemala/

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Whatever it is, in certainly isn’t a black hole – or else the whole planet would have been destroyed by now!

      A black hole on Earth would immediately start to shred our planet because of the incredibly strong gravity fields, so this must be some sort of geological feature I guess?

      I’ve not come across this story, can you send me a link to it?

    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Black hole? Did someone dig it?

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