[Regnum] Time would accelerate for a person falling into a supermassive black hole so much that they would be able to observe millions of years of the evolution of stars and galaxies. This was reported on August 26 by Sergei Pilipenko, a senior researcher at the Lebedev Physical Institute's Astrospace Center.
The scientist noted that the spacecraft is capable of safely crossing the outer boundary of such an object. During the flight with the engines off, the crew will experience weightlessness and will not feel any changes in gravity.
"When falling into a supermassive black hole, the tidal forces will be weaker, and the spacecraft will be quite capable of falling below the horizon," Pilipenko told RIA Novosti.
The expert also explained that this flight would be invisible from the outside, as the object would disappear from view beyond an invisible boundary. The crew would recognize this by the strong distortion of outer space and the blue shift of starlight.
Time on board will pass so quickly that travelers will see large-scale cosmic processes. However, they will not be able to see the object's center due to the existence of a second internal boundary, beyond which light cannot escape. The end of the flight, according to the astrophysicist, will be tragic, as the ship is guaranteed to be torn apart by increasing gravitational forces during its further descent.
Earlier in July, astronomers for the first time tracked in real time the development of a third giant X-ray flare from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy IC 3599. It is located approximately 280 million light-years from Earth.