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Black Hole Research Paper

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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 …show more content…

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

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