Black holes are not cosmic vacuum cleaners or holes in space
In short: Rather than acting as cosmic vacuum cleaners, these objects are dense concentrations of matter. They are detected by observing how they warp space-time, influence nearby stars, or distort light from distant objects across the universe.
suck in Instead of being empty voids, they are dense concentrations of matter where gravity warps space-time. While stellar-mass versions form from collapsing massive stars, supermassive ones reside in galactic centers. These objects do not provide shortcuts to other dimensions or act as portals.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Black Holes Explained: The Darkest Objects in the Universe
- Also: Black Holes - NASA Science
- Also: NASA — What Are Black Holes? - NASA
- Also: www.livescience.com — Black holes: News, features, articles and facts | Live Science
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