I think I might have a solution that is slightly more scientifically grounded. How technologically advanced are humans in your story? You mention that in your universe black holes aren't natural constructs, so can humans create them?
Well, I hate to do this to a random poster, but since it's for a story, make sure it says Rogue when you write it.Secret world leader (shhh) said:A Rouge Black Hole
Instead of going to the length of explaining the physics and using some kind of unobtanium device, you could have a micro black hole (say the mass of a small planetoid) as the threat, and then deflect it by propelling a series of big objects (say, most of the asteroid belt for starters) close past it , or leaving a really big ship near it for a couple of years. Gravitational attraction does the rest!Secret world leader (shhh) said:The idea is that the Black Hole is created by a thing that implodes and becomes a black hole, the device to stop it is one of those, but reversed. They are of equal power and should cancel eachother out. It doesn't entirely matter if they do or don't, the device never actually explodes, i'm just trying to have a reasonably plausible setup.
No, they're just advanced enough that FTL travel is a very new thing. They do have one of the devices that creates Black Holes and they've built a machine around it to reverse its effects, basically a bomb that creates a White Hole inside the Black Hole...if that makes any sense at allThe Heavenator said:I think I might have a solution that is slightly more scientifically grounded. How technologically advanced are humans in your story? You mention that in your universe black holes aren't natural constructs, so can humans create them?
wouldn't work, the wormhole would collapse.Popadoo said:Create a wormhole and make it some other solar system's problem?
Bonus points for Red Dwarfteqrevisited said:I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
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There's a bit of a bigger problem than that for Antimatter destroying a black hole sadly.Zack Alklazaris said:Black holes are really nothing more than matter condensed into a tiny tiny itty bitty bit of space. Picture the mass (gravity) of everything in the solar system into the size of a marble. I would say, perhaps, I am not positive on the subject, but maybe if you fired an equal amount of anti matter into the black hole. It could neutralize the matter inside of it. This would effectively make the black hole simply disappear.
The general problem with this theory is practicality, which makes it great for the realms of Science Fiction. Antimatter/Matter reaction is 1 to 1 as in for every atom of matter it takes 1 atom of anti-matter to neutralize it. So lets say its a small black hole that indeed has the entire mass of the solar system in it.
That would mean you need 1.992 x 10^30kg of anti-matter. Thats a lot of fucking anti-matter. Maybe you wouldn't need that much as once the mass of the black hole reaches Earth size... perhaps it would no longer be a black hole? I'm not sure.