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  2. Black hole - Wikipedia

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    Around the time of alignment, extreme gravitational lensing of the galaxy is observed. A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light and other electromagnetic waves, is capable of possessing enough energy to escape it. [2] Einstein 's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently ...

  3. Spaghettification - Wikipedia

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    For small black holes whose Schwarzschild radius is much closer to the singularity, the tidal forces would kill even before the astronaut reaches the event horizon. [9] [10] For example, for a black hole of 10 Sun masses the above-mentioned rod breaks at a distance of 320 km, well outside the Schwarzschild radius of 30 km. For a supermassive ...

  4. Primordial black hole - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the model, primordial black holes could have initial masses ranging from 10 −8 kg [17] (the so-called Planck relics) to more than thousands of solar masses. . However, primordial black holes originally having masses lower than 10 11 kg would not have survived to the present due to Hawking radiation, which causes complete evaporation in a time much shorter than the age of the ...

  5. Black hole starship - Wikipedia

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    Black hole starship. In astronautics, a black hole starship is the theoretical concept of a starship capable of interstellar travel using a black hole as an energy source for spacecraft propulsion. The concept was first discussed in science fiction, notably in the book Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke, and in the work of Charles Sheffield, in ...

  6. Black hole thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    In physics, black hole thermodynamics [1] is the area of study that seeks to reconcile the laws of thermodynamics with the existence of black hole event horizons.As the study of the statistical mechanics of black-body radiation led to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics, the effort to understand the statistical mechanics of black holes has had a deep impact upon the ...

  7. Outline of black holes - Wikipedia

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    Black hole – mathematically defined region of spacetime exhibiting such a strong gravitational pull that no particle or electromagnetic radiation can escape from inside it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. The boundary of the region from which no escape is ...

  8. Photon sphere - Wikipedia

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    The photon sphere is located farther from the center of a black hole than the event horizon. Within a photon sphere, it is possible to imagine a photon that is emitted (or reflected) from the back of one's head and, following an orbit of the black hole, is then intercepted by the person's eye, allowing one to see the back of the head, see e.g. [2]

  9. Black hole cosmology - Wikipedia

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    Or, the Big Bang was a supermassive white hole that was the result of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in our parent universe. Shockwave cosmology , proposed by Joel Smoller and Blake Temple in 2003, [ 7 ] has the “big bang” as an explosion inside a black hole, producing the expanding volume of space and matter that ...