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Comment by Phil Plait

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Astronomer and science communicator known as the Bad Astronomer and author of Death From the Skies!.
Replace the sun with a black hole, we wouldn't even really notice.
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Museum of Science, Pulsar podcast, "Could the Earth Be Destroyed by a Black Hole?" November 22, 2021.
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The Large Hadron Collider poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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AI Verified Phil Plait's explanation that replacing the Sun with a black hole would not noticeably change Earth's orbit supports the broader black-hole safety claim behind the LHC statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Phil Plait says replacing the Sun with a black hole would not even really be noticed, which supports the recorded answer 'for'. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Museum of Science transcript matches Phil Plait's line: 'Replace the sun with a black hole, we wouldn't even really notice.' · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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