Interesting Facts About Black Holes

Black holes are areas of space where gravity is so strong that even the fastest moving particles cannot escape. Even light cannot escape, hence the name "black hole."Karl Schwarzschild, a German physicist and astronomer, proposed the modern version of a black hole in 1915 after finding an exact solution to Einstein's general relativity approximations.Schwarzschild realised that mass could be compressed into an infinitely small point. This would bend spacetime around it, preventing anything – not even massless photons of light – from escaping its curvature. The event horizon is the point at which a black hole begins its descent into oblivion, and the distance between this point and the infinitely dense core – or singularity – is named after Schwarzschild.In theory, every mass has a Schwarzschild radius that can be calculated. If the Sun's mass were to be compressed into an infinitely small point, it would form a black hole with a radius of just under 3 kilometres (about 2 miles). Similarly, Earth's mass would have a Schwarzschild radius of only a few millimetres, resulting in a black hole the size of a marble. For decades, black holes were considered exotic features of general relativity. As other extreme astronomical objects, such as neutron stars, were discovered, physicists became more confident in their existence. Most galaxies are thought to have monstrous black holes at their cores today. Find Out More Fascinating Facts About Black Holes

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