Black Hole facts

Not even light can escape black holes.Once a giant star dies and a black hole has formed, all its mass is squeezed into a single point. At this point, both space and time stop.Black holes are the ends of stars at least 10 to 15 times as massive as the Sun. If a star that is massive or larger undergoes a supernova explosion, it may leave behind a fairly massive burned out remnant. With no outward forces to oppose gravitational forces, the remnant will collapse in on itself.Black holes are x-ray radiation that gets smaller and smaller until they disappear, or "evaporate".The gravity around the hole of a black hole is so strong that NOTHING can make its way back out after a critical distance.The critical distance at which nothing can escape is called the Event Horizon.If the Sun was magically crushed until it was about 1 mile in size, it would become a black hole, but the Earth would remain in its orbit. According to theory, there might be three types of black holes: stellar, super massive, and miniature black holes — depending on their size. Four billion years from now when the Sun runs out of the available nuclear fuel in its core, our Sun will die a quiet death. Stars of this type end their history as white dwarf stars.

Written by Alexandra and Laine