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Black Hole Facts

When the star ten times more massive than our own Sun, explodes (Supernova) it leaves behind the strangest phenomenon in the Universe. The Black Hole. After explosion what is left behind is heavy core of subatomic particles, a Neutron Star. It can be very small, but with enormous density. Scientists calculated that approximately one teaspoon of Neutron Star would weight around billions of tons. The gravitational pressure of this highly dense object is so large that it can bend fabric of time and space. This theory is based on Einstein's proposition that space and time are woven together in a flexible fabric. Massive objects like Sun warp the fabric of space and time and pull smaller objects like Earth. Very large Neutron Star can warp time and space fabric so much that it could create a hole where gravity is so strong that not even light could escape. Black Holes are pulling everything around them closer to the center of the hole. In some sense black holes are creators of the galaxies since they are pulling planets and stars towards the spiral center. Each galaxy has a Black Hole and occasionally galaxies collide together because of the gravitational pull from the larger black holes. It is expected that in 5 billion years Andromeda galaxy will collide with our Milky Way galaxy.

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amazing!

franchesca at 10:29PM, May 28th 2009.

really cool, but I knew most of that stuff.

David at 10:16AM, Jun 3rd 2009.

COOL

bob at 12:49PM, Jun 3rd 2009.

Do comments have to meet both conditions ( offensive and make no sense ) to be deleted. Or is the disclaimer worded to allow for them to be offensive or make no sense, but not both on purpose.

Ron at 10:46PM, Jun 13th 2009.

Interesting stuff. Personally, though, I found the most interesting thing to be the comic typos. I can't wait to see how Andromeda will collapse and "endeavour" our own galaxy.

Rob at 10:25AM, Jun 18th 2009.

Typo changed. Thanks!

Interesting Facts at 11:41AM, Jun 18th 2009.

Pairs of particles and antiparticles pop out of empty space right outside the border of a Black-hole, one member of a pair may fall into the Black-hole, while the other escapes causing the Black-hole to emit particles therefore causing it to evaporate and eventually disappear. Somethings can escape a Black-hole!!

Sthcrux at 01:13AM, Jun 21st 2009.

its colorful

punkzaznboi at 09:21PM, Jun 23rd 2009.

it is wonderful & unbeleivable!!!!!!!!!!!

nimitha at 09:53AM, Jun 29th 2009.

so is it essentially sayin black holes and neutron stars are one in the same?

Ninjanymal at 12:30PM, Jul 22nd 2009.

Neutron stars create black hole. There are no holes in the star. Black hole is a phenomena created by these stars which absorb even light. Check WIKI

Emmanuel at 01:19PM, Sep 17th 2009.

waz up this shiz is be pimpn' 4 shizle

jo the flo at 02:25PM, Oct 5th 2009.

thank u

prithvi raj at 04:39AM, Nov 28th 2009.

so when do black holes stop?

hellooooogalaxy! at 08:22AM, Jan 22nd 2010.

They stop when they run out of mass. Black holes are also constanly spitting x rays out of their 'north' and 'south' poles. so, they are constantly loosing mass. A black holes will just dissipate or vanish when it dies.

Person at 12:44AM, Jan 28th 2010.

COOL! WOWZA! SWANK! efkwguomifcqwdvry

Emily at 09:40AM, Jan 28th 2010.

i WISH I WAS A STAR! i like rainbows!

Emily at 09:40AM, Jan 28th 2010.

although this is theoretically correct and has been proven to be mathematically possible, it does not constitute a FACT because no one has ever seen a black hole.

jeff at 09:17AM, Jan 29th 2010.

simple and good......
as i expected....

arvind at 12:24AM, Feb 11th 2010.

Ok I have a little homework for all of you. Can someone tell me how scientists get pictures and know all these "so called facts" about black holes. How they get pictures when they have yet to detect black holes?

Mallory at 09:52PM, Feb 25th 2010.

Take a red giant star. If we could go inside where temperatures are over a billon degrees Fahrenheit, helium and carbon would fuse into different heavier elements, like carbon and sulfur. The reaction eventually creates iron and the core quits burning. This causes the star to implode and go super nova, crushed by its own gravity into a brand new star.
A neutron star is left over. Its very small but very dense. About a teaspoon full weighs about a billon tons. If the neutron star is heavy (about three times as massive as our sun) enough the implosion continues and the neutrons themselves are crushed and a black hole forms from the remains. Its like the dead corpse of the star if you think about it.

george at 11:12PM, Feb 25th 2010.

Thanks! :D

Mallory at 10:59PM, Feb 26th 2010.

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