Black Holes

 Black holes, the only thing in the entire universe which defy reality. It has the most gravity than all the other heavenly bodies. Black holes have such a strong gravitational force that even light itself is sucked into the deep darkness. No one knows exactly how a black hole works. Whenever a body of matter or energy gets too close to it, it might get sucked in. The black hole has different parts, each significantly different from each other. First there is the quiet region, where there is no gravitational influence of the black hole. Then, there is the ergosphere, which is a large disc of flaming hot matter moving at speeds of light around the black hole. In this part, there is an effect called spaghettification, which occurs when intense gravity pulls a body apart and stretches it until it eventually rips apart.

After being spaghettificated, the matter is sucked into the event horizon. It is the pitch black sphere of the black hole. After going inside the event horizon, escaping it is only possible by moving faster than light, and there is nothing faster than light. Then, the matter is distorted. Time and space will no longer make sense, and there is nothing that the body of matter can do to escape. After distortion, it goes into the singularity, the center of the black hole. A singularity is only theorized, since no one has gone inside a blackhole, much less see it in person. However, it is believed that the singularity is a point that is the size of the end of a pin, but has infinite mass inside it. This makes black holes the heaviest things in the universe.

Black holes occur when a giant star explodes, A.K.A. a supernova. Usually, after a supernova, the star turns into a neutron star, which will be explained another time. However, if the star is big enough, after the supernova, the gravity is strong enough to compress all the matter into one tiny space, and as a result, creating a black hole.

Blackholes are also one of the most mysterious things in the universe. Since they bend time and space, and sucks anything in it, we don’t know much about it. It barely emits any radiation, so astronomers find it hard to find black holes. The science of a black hole is learned by looking at stars or planets that orbit it. This is how astronomers find black holes, by finding any distortions of objects orbiting any mysterious objects. When an object goes near a black hole, time goes faster on it than something which is farther away from the monster.

Now you know all about black holes, which is only what most scientists know. Spread this info, and research more about it. Maybe even use it as a school presentation, or to brag that you know all about space. It’s something you can’t forget.