There are many mysteries in the world of science. One such phenomenon that’s always been a bit of a dark horse and caused many a sleepless night for physicists is the black hole. Because we can’t see inside these monsters, they’re very difficult to study. However, what we do know is that they’re packed so tightly with the matter in very small places making their gravitational pull so strong that we would literally be destroyed within seconds if we were to get too close.
Not even light can escape from a black hole which is another reason why it’s difficult to study them. However, experts do think they’re getting close now as they the first ever image of a black hole’s event horizon was captured by a team of international scientists earlier this year. But until that data is released we’ll just have to make so with these 4 representations of black holes as portrayed by NASA:
1. Good Eats: This is where a black hole can be seen gobbling up the remains o a star. It’s pretty common and new stars are created all the time, giving the black hole more to feed on. If two galaxies do crash into one another it simply creates a new food source for the black holes.
2. Bizarre Blazar: A blazar can be found within a group of galaxies and is a very compact quasar. They’re one of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe.
3. Growth Spurt: Quasars tend to suck the life out of everything around them, especially stars, in order for them to grow. They’re enormous and can often be mistaken for stars as they shoot out so much energy.
4. Cool Corona: A corona is a ball of light that surrounds the sun and other stars. As described by NASA, they “contain highly energetic particles that generate X-ray light.” They gather themselves up whole getting brighter as they go “before shooting away from the black hole.”
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