The terrifying scale of TON 618 if it moved toward Earth
In short: What happens to our night sky when one of the universe's largest objects moves into our backyard? This video explores a hypothetical journey toward TON 618, calculating how its radiation and size would reshape reality at every stage.
TON 618 is an ultramassive black hole with an estimated mass of 66 billion solar masses. Because of its extreme luminosity, it remains visible across billions of light-years. This documentary visualizes the progression of its influence as it moves from deep space to our own stellar neighborhood.
The exploration covers specific milestones: moving the quasar to the Andromeda galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the center of the Milky Way. It analyzes how these shifts affect apparent size, gravitational pull, and radiation levels, ultimately determining at what point Earth would become uninhabitable.
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