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There are two types of black holes that exist in our universe. The first one being the Schwarzschild black hole which happens to be the simplest one of the two. This black hole is considered the simplest because its core does not rotate which means the black hole is completely stable at all times of the day. The next black hole is the Kerr black hole, which happens to be the most common in nature. This black hole in contrast to the Schwarzschild black hole does indeed rotate. When the rotating star dies out and collapses, the core continues to rotate and therefore, that carries over to the black hole. Scientists believe that the smallest black holes formed when the actual universe formed and began. They also have been led to believe that the supermassive black holes that exist in our universe were made at the same time as the galaxy that they …show more content…

He named it black holes because he continued to hear news of how there were dark regions in the sky that would suck matter into them so he came up with the term ‘Black Hole’. However, no one knew what exactly a black hole was and what it could do so they began to take hints and make predictions as to what they could be. Back in 1783, John Michell predicted that there might be an object massive enough in space that its escape velocity could be greater than the speed of light. Later in 1796, Simon Pierre LaPlace predicted that black holes actually existed as he stated, “It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may, through this cause, be invisible.” He believed a black hole was invisible because since there is no light up in space, he thought they just blended in to their surroundings. The first black hole that astronomers could actually examine was found in 1970 and they named it the Cygnus X - 1. The black hole measured to be smaller than Earth and was detected by the x-rays it gave off on its outside

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