A black hole is remnant of a former star which has gone past its lifetime. They are one of the/if not the most mysterious phenomena that has ever existed in the universe.
Black Holes are formed when massive stars, about 20 times the mass of our sun run out of fuel and nuclear fusion cannot take place. The gravity cause the star to collapse into itself and explode releasing a lot of gas and particles out into space. When stars explode this way, it’s called a supernova. In younger stars the nuclear fusion opposes the force of gravity which keeps the star stable. However now that there isn't any force to oppose the gravity, it keeps collapsing inwards until eventually all the mass gets concentrated to a single point. This single point is called
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The gravitational force gets really weak, as you start moving away. Also, there are other thing trying to pull you towards them such as the Earth and the sun. There is a point away from the black hole singularity which is the point where light cannot escape once it crosses the point. It is known as the point of no return or the event horizon. They have the mass of all the things that they have consumed. Originally the black hole would have the mass of the star that was its host. If there was a star which had the same mass as the black hole, then both of the bodies would exert the same amount of gravitational force so the black holes gravitational force is the same as any ordinary star with similar …show more content…
It is believed that every galaxy has a super-massive black hole in its centre! A super-massive black hole would be millions of solar masses, which would be a million million times the mass of the Earth! Imagine that. The sun won’t ever turn into black hole because its mass is too small. However let’s assume that it did, the black holes diameter would be around 2 miles. Would we start moving towards it until we got sucked in? No because the black hole would have the same mass as the sun so it would have the same gravitational force on us as the sun so we would continue to orbit the black hole as usual. So we would carry on living as usual? No because life will as we know it will start dying very quickly because the sun won’t be able to provide us with heat and light so plants would start dying and the whole planet would eventually
Throughout the modern era of astronomy, a single type of celestial object has puzzled astronomers more than any other. Black holes, whose existence was only verified in the early 1990’s, have fascinated scientists ever since Einstein first proposed the theoretical concept in the 1930’s. A black hole is an object so tiny, but also so dense, that it has the power to pull planets, stars, and even light into its core, and ultimately destroy everything in its path. Over the past decade much has been discovered about these enigmas of space and time; however, many of these recent discoveries lead to more unanswered questions. Nevertheless, the basic life cycle of a black hole is now understood in ways thought to be impossible only twenty years
A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity that is so strong that the region cannot escape. This compression can take place at the end of its stars life. Some black holes are a result of dying stars. How every space telescopes with special instruments can help find black holes. They can observe the behavior of material and stars that are very close to black holes. Black holes can come in a rage of signs, but there are three main types of black holes. The black holes mass and size determins what kind it is. The smallest ones are known as primordial black holes. Scientists believe this type of black hole can be up to 20 times greater than the mass of the sun and fit into a ball of about 10 miles. The largest black holes are called supermassive. Supermassive black holes are at the center of the milky way galaxy is called sagittarius. A black holes gravity can be as strong to pull off the outer layer gass of the star and grow a disk. The
Due to this a lot of matter condenses to a small space which causes gravity to be stronger that not even light can escape. And since there is no light we ca not see it due to it being so dark rendering it virtually invisible, luckily we have created space telescopes with special tools to help us locate Black Holes. As we all know the strength of the gravity of the Black Hole varies on its size, but what we don't know is that where does everything a black hole pulls into it go? For as long as we have know about Black Holes we have wondered, where do the things a black hole takes go? Many scientist have theorized a numerous amounts of possibilities. And as of know we will never know and hopefully we
Black holes are in theory incredible frightening. One of the main reasons they are so monstrous is that they are one of the only thing in the universe able to trap light. The second reason they are so terrifying is that when you are being pulled into one you will be on a one way ticket train to emptiness. Therefor if there was a way to get out of a black hole what would it be? Then also if there was no way out what would it look like on the inside? Well some of these questions can be answered easily but for the others it will be a little more troublesome to answer. This is how, what, and why black holes are formed.
A supermassive black hole is somewhat an extreme form of a black hole; however, they are more common than one would think. Supermassive black holes sit at the center of every galaxy, including our own. They are what keeps the stars and solar systems in the orbital of the galaxy. The two seeding theories (big and small) are a reasonable, current way to describe the formation of these extreme beings. The small seeding theory summarizes that the black hole slowly eats smaller black holes to enlarge its size, this theory is valid but violates certain placed laws in physics that are more than likely, not to be broken. The larger seeding theory states that the density of dark matter at the beginning of the universe attracted large gas clouds and cut off the formation of smaller stars. This gas cloud then collapsed to form and extremely large star, that then collapsed once more to for a black hole that attracted more gas and other particles. This theory is believed amongst astrophysicists but it is also denied by some, saying that the dark matter has nothing to do with the massive star formation, and that a black hole can form by an average star collapsing and gaining excessive
A black hole is a region of spacetime and it has strong gravitational that affects nothing. Nothing can escape from inside it such as particles nor light radiation. General relativity predicts that a compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The point of no escape is called the event horizon. The event horizon has an enormous affect on the fate and circumference of an object crossing it. Black holes reflect no light. When it meets a star it consumes it and turns into a colorful circle that you can see.
When many people think of black holes they think of a giant portal in space eating galaxies and moving on to the next as most commonly seen in pop culture shows such as Star Trek. The reality is however that while we spend a lot of time studying them we know very little about Black holes. What we do know is that there are two types of black holes based on their relative size, there are Stellar black holes and Supermassive black holes. Stellar black holes are only a few times larger than our sun while Supermassive black holes are about a billion times larger than our sun. Both types of black hole are formed when a star implodes and there is nothing left to burn. This can be seen by observing how light and matter cooperate with the event horizon, a second way to detect black holes is through X-Rays by noticing when stars rotate around a gap in space. By studying the speed of stars orbiting, and calculating their paths it is possible to determine the mass and size of a black hole. Using these pieces of evidence we can determine that stellar black holes do exist and
To better understand what is going on, scientists make an analogy of a brewing thunderstorm; the gasses that stay in the sky are the heated gasses which never return to the black hole's system. The falling rain, however, represents the portions of the system which are recollected into a galaxy.
First the mystery of the black holes and how they were created goes way back to when astronomers first discovered them. The astronaut said “he saw a blob of black matter and black holes are made when a star burns out or explodes but the astronaut never truly saw the actual thing. Black holes absorb light particles that are close enough to it so that it can thrive and continue. When a black hole goes away the light that it absorbed is turned into a new star. When an astronomer found a black sphere shaped cloud of matter in space he didn't really see it but he saw it pulling in large amounts of light that have been destroyed from an exploded star. If anything but light matter happens to get into a black hole it would just go through it rather
Black holes are born by using many of the star's energy so it can evolve.Black holes you can rarely find them in space they are, so common in space that they are hard to find and since space is really dark than black holes are going to be even harder to find. The way black holes form is by them beginning of as a star and then using all the other stars energy to start evolving and growing bigger. And the cycle is pretty complicated because it will take days to gather enough energy from all the other stars it may even take years for the black hole too become an adult. When the black hole takes up all the energy from the star the star breaks up into a million pieces maybe chances of creating another star. Black holes are mostly stars but bigger and filled with energy from millions of
Despite modern culture and its influences on the unknown, a black hole is not a well understood concept even by the greatest of minds. Robert Prigo describes a black hole as “…
Black holes are formed by an interesting phenomenon. When stars collapse on themselves, they create what we know as black holes. This collapse can cause a giant supernova, which can blast a part of the star into space. This largest black holes astronomers believe, were created when the “Big Bang” happened. This means black holes grow over time.
Black holes had always piqued my interests, from when a small child intently devoured documentary to documentary to when a confused teenager encapsulated herself in a black hole of her own. The science of the black hole transfixed my childhood sense of curiosity, but especially the point that the scientific world labeled the “singularity”, the point at which gravity became infinite.
Black holes are formed when massive stars collapse under the weight of their own gravity (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team). The nuclear fusion in younger stars creates a constant outward pressure from the core (“Black Hole Images, Facts and Information”). This balances the pull from the gasses in orbit around the core, keeping the star stable (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team). Once a star’s life is nearing the end, and its gasses have almost all been used up in the nuclear reactions, the star will collapse inward from the gravitational pull without the outward push of the reactions (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team). This happens to stars of at least six to eight times the mass of our sun (Schoolworkhelper Editorial
Space has been mesmerizing humans since the beginning of time; from the fascinated star-gazing child to the great minds of Plato, Aristotle, and Galileo. Space contains countless mysteries. One of these mysteries is black holes. As far as information about space goes, scientists know a moderate amount of information about black holes. Scientists know how black holes are made, how they affect objects around them, and how to spot them in space.