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BLACK HOLES & THEIR PROPERTIES

Absolutelyblack holes are among the most mind-bending and mysterious phenomena in the universe. Let's break them down:

What Is a Black Hole?
black hole is a region in space where gravity is so intense that nothing—light included—can escape its pullThey form when massive stars collapse under their own gravity after running out of nuclear fuel.

Key Properties of Black Holes

Property Description
  •  Event Horizon The "point of no return"—once something crosses this boundary, it can't escape.
  • Singularity The core ofa black hole,where matter is crushed into infinite density and spacetime curvature becomes infinite.
  • Mass Determines the size and gravitational pull.
  • More mass means a larger event horizon.
  • Spin Black holes can rotateaffecting the shape ofthe event horizon and nearby spacetime.
  • Charge Some black holes may carry electric charge,though most are considered neutral.
Hawking Radiationtheoretical process where black holes slowly lose mass and energy over timepotentially evaporating.

Types of Black Holes

Stellar-Mass Black Holes: Formed from collapsing starsTypically 3 to 20 times the mass of the Sun.
Supermassive Black Holes: Found at the centers of galaxies.
Millions to billions of solar masses.
Intermediate Black Holes:mysterious middle groundharder to detect but possibly formed from merging stellar black holes.
Primordial Black Holes: Hypothetical black holes formed in the early universe.
Could be tiny but incredibly dense.
How Do We Detect Them?
Since black holes don't emit lightscientists detect them by observing their effects:
Gravitational Pull: Stars orbiting an invisible object.
Accretion Disk: Matter spiraling into a black hole heats up and emits X-rays.
Gravitational Waves:Ripplesin spacetime caused by black hole collisionsdetected by observatories like LIGO.

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