---
title: "Here’s What Would Happen if Earth Collided With a Black Hole"
description: "An online calculator shows what would happen if a black hole gulped down the Earth or any other objects floating around in space."
date: "2019-11-04"
modified: "2019-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/would-happen-earth-collided-black-hole"
categories:
  - "Astrophysics"
  - "Black Holes"
  - "Science & Energy"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "black hole"
  - "Omni"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Here’s What Would Happen if Earth Collided With a Black Hole

![An online calculator shows what would happen if a black hole gulped down the Earth or any other objects floating around in space.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/would-happen-earth-collided-black-hole.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Worlds Collide

A new online tool calculates just how much cosmic destruction a run-in between the Earth and a black hole would cause.

The aptly-named [Black Hole Collision Calculator](<https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/black-hole>) determines how much a black hole would expand and the amount of energy it would release if it absorbed the Earth — or [any other object](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/three-supermassive-black-holes-collide.md>), since the calculator is totally customizable, *[Space.com ](<https://www.space.com/black-hole-collision-calculator-tool.html>)*[reports](<https://www.space.com/black-hole-collision-calculator-tool.html>).

## Big Kaboom

Particle physicist Álvaro Díez created the tool, which is hosted on the calculator database project [Omni Calculator](<https://www.omnicalculator.com/>). Based on his calculations, a black hole swallowing the Earth would release some 55 quintillion times the planet's annual energy consumption.

But even that destructive event would be a light snack for a supermassive black hole — its event horizon would only expand by a hundredth of a trillionth of a percent, per the calculator.

The main flaw with the calculator? The artistic rendering of a black hole obliterating the Earth that pops up next to the results doesn't change to match any increasingly goofy collisions.

**READ MORE:** [See What a Black Hole Would Do to Earth with Online 'Collision Calculator'](<https://www.space.com/black-hole-collision-calculator-tool.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on cosmic annihilation:** *[Two Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Devastating Crash Course](<https://futurism.com/supermassive-black-holes-crash.md>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)

## More

- [Here’s What it Looks Like When Two Black Holes Collide](<https://futurism.com/heres-what-it-looks-like-when-two-black-holes-collide.md>)
- [What Would Happen If a Black Hole and An Antimatter Black Hole Were to Collide?](<https://futurism.com/what-would-happen-if-a-black-hole-and-an-antimatter-black-hole-were-to-collide-2.md>)
- [Scientists Unraveled Why Some Tiny Galaxies Have Huge Black Holes](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tiny-galaxies-huge-black-holes.md>)
- [Two Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Devastating Crash Course](<https://futurism.com/supermassive-black-holes-crash.md>)
- [Here’s What’s Keeping the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole at Bay](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/milky-way-giant-black-hole.md>)
- [Astronomers Just Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/astronomers-black-hole-shred-star.md>)
- [Astronomers: Here’s This Incredibly Ancient Supermassive Black Hole We Found](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/ancient-supermassive-black-hole-pso-j0309.md>)
- [Here’s How Big the M87 Black Hole Is Compared to the Earth](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/big-m87-black-hole-compared-the-earth.md>)