In late 1970s, this word became common among scientists (to be specific,”Cosmologist”) when Stephen Hawking described an interesting effect of Blackholes which is popularly called as “sphaghettification. It was presented as a thought experiment where an astronaut flies into the event horizon and then get stretched like a noodle.

The reason this happens would be that the gravitational force exerted by the singularity would be much stronger at one end of the body than the other. If one were to fall into a black hole feet first, the gravity at their feet would be much stronger than at their head, causing the person to be vertically stretched. Along with that, the right side of the body will be pulled to the left, and the left side of the body will be pulled to the right, horizontally compressing the person.

And this is how you will end up being a noodle anywhere soon..

Spaghettification of a star was imaged for the first time in 2018 by researchers observing a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 150 million light years from Earth.

“Things can get out of a black hole both on the outside and possibly to another universe. So if you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up — there’s a way out.”

– Stephen Hawking