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    How are Black Holes created? Black Holes are the universe's most mysterious objects known to mankind. It lies in the darkness waiting and waiting for something...anything to come up and devour it without a trace. Black Holes are relatively new to humans, but we know that they’ve been here for millions and millions of years. Many people are unaware of the history of black holes, how a black hole is created and its function , and how there were theories leading up to black holes

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    First off, what is a black hole? A black hole is a region of space and time from which gravity prevents anything, including light from escaping. These things still remain as one of the ultimate mysteries in nature. It is virtually impossible to see a black hole through a telescope since a telescope requires light to see objects in the universe. It is so difficult to see a black hole that even if it were to be right next to Earth, we wouldn’t even be able to see it with our naked eye. This paper will

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    Below you will read research on stars and black holes. Black holes are stars whose core has been crushed by gravity. In the text to follow you will see how a star forms, read about its life and how it becomes a black hole. Stars are composed of hydrogen gas and dust. Stars owe their existence to the force of gravity. Stars are created from the thinly spread atoms of dust and gas that swirl throughout space. The atoms clump together into dense clouds that eventually collapse under their own gravity

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    fatally stretched by gravitational tides -- or "spaghettified," as Tyson would put it -- but there appears to be some habitable environment at the center of this phenomenon. The film was released in 1979 when the public had a love affair with black holes. Whether the science would get better in the future still remained to be seen. 2. 'Avengers Assemble' Iron Man spins up the propeller blades of an enormous flying aircraft carrier by pushing them around at high speed. The centrifugal forces

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    Essay on The Existence of Black Holes

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    The Existence of Black Holes I have always had an interest in science, especially in the sciences regarding outer space. When I was younger I was always fascinated with rockets, and especially in stars. I have often regretted not pursuing this interest at its infancy. I do remember going to the Planetarium, and studying about a topic that I had seen talked about on television. The topic was black holes, and back then all that they knew was that they were black. The idea of a space in the universe

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    Stephen Hawking Essay

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    Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. At an early age, Hawking showed a passion for science and the sky. At age 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Despite his debilitating illness, he has done groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and his several books have helped to make science accessible to everyone. His Scottish mother had earned her way into Oxford University in the 1930s. His father

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    Wormholes Essay

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    to create, then a white hole is also possible to create, or o already be in existence. Problems with the Kerr Hypothesis Roy Kerr’s theory on the rotating black hole, along with the rotating singularity seemed to convince many, even before black holes were not believed to exist. However, modern work published in late August 1998 by Piran and Shahar Hod has seemingly ended this idea. They used complex computer simulations to study how an electrically charged black hole might form and how the singularity

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    can't pull back?" I yell, though I know the answer, and my eyes start filling with tears. "I didn't sign up for this..." I barely hear him mutter above the loud beeping. Wiping my eyes, I finally look out the window in front of me. It's a black hole. And I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to- "Lily, pay attention!" I shake my thoughts, and look at Dan, whose too concentrated settings the ship up for entry to even try to pull back. "You're not even going to try?" I wipe a tear

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    The very first object to be considered a black hole is Cygnus X-1, discovered in 1971 when radio emissions were detected from the area (Redd, “Black Holes: Facts”). Scientists explored the area further, eventually finding a hidden companion, which was identified as a black hole (Redd, “Black Holes: Facts”). A black hole displays many rather unique characteristics. First and foremost, there are only three externally measurable properties of a black hole; Mass, electric charge, and, if applicable

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    Space Reflection

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    School to present to both of Mr. Wold's AVID class, pictured below, where we tried to inspire the group of seniors about the wonder of space before they took their next step in life. To do this, we presented on one of space's biggest mysteries, Black Holes. The presentation was broken into six slides with each member presenting two of the slides. The slide that was done by Joyce Kruger was the basic intro where we got the audience thinking about our topic. We would first ask the audience “Do you

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