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We would probably die pretty fast, because all the atmosphere would be sucked in, plus the black hole would create a big shock wave while sucking the earths surface and probably the great amount of radiation would kill us instantly, im no physicist, all i know about black holes, i know from the discovery channel and wikipedia, if i am wrong, please tell me, im dieing to know :D

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If it were small enough, it could only suck in a few atoms at a time. So, it could take a substantial amount of time to expand in the beginning.

Would it grow exponentially? Would it be possible to cut around it and launch it out into space?

You couldn't cut around it, because it would fall out the bottom of any container you tried to put it in.

Perhaps you could give it a charge (by firing electrons at it) and then confine it electrostatically or magnetically.

I've heard from some pretty reliable sources that a small black hole WAS created, but gravity pulled it towards the Earth core. It simply got away and now they are trying to ignore the incident. Who knows how long it will take it to eat Earth inside out?

Hmm interesting. What happens if a mini black hole is launched into the sun. Is it possible it just gets consumed?

The black hole would consume the sun eventually, yes.

How would they even be able to tell if they'd done it?

I can't see that the atmosphere is likely to get sucked in -- not in the early stages. Until it becomes very massive (i.e. has absorbed a significant portion of the Earth's mass) it's only going to have a significant effect on things that are very close to it.

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