If a black hole entered our solar system, how would our sun behave?


Question:
Would its light and heat still reach earth, or would the black hole suck them in.

Answer:
It will be aspired, and our planets as well.
However, a black hole doesn't move.
It can only be created from ancient suns which have died.
It's not an easy answer. It depends on the mass and path of the black hole. Even if the black hole passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, the Earth would continue to receive sunlight. Although some would be drawn in, some would be bent around the black hole by gravitational lensing. The effects on orbits would be more important.
think of a blackhole as a dead star. most of the material it contained when it was "burning" is still there. so if a blackhole were to enter our solor system our sun and planets would behave according to how close they were to the blackhole due to its gravity. think about it like this...suppose our sun was to turn into a blackhole right now, we would continue to orbit it exactly as we do right now because it contains the same mass and is in the same location. hope this helps!
Sunlight and heat would still reach Earth. A black hole is no different than a planet or star of the same mass. It is only when you get REALLY CLOSE to the black hole that the strange relativity effects occur.
It would depend on the mass of the black hole and the path it takes through the solar system. Unless there is actually a collision (where something comes within a couple of radii of the black hole), the motions would be essentially the same as for anything else of the same mass. The light would still get to the earth and planets.
If a black hole was to enter our solar system God forbid! the sun and everything else would most definately be sucked into it because of the extreme density of it
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