Black Holes

3 reasons why black holes are the scariest things in space

by JoAnna Wendel
Abstract space wallpaper. Black hole with nebula over colorful stars and cloud fields in outer space...
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Black holes — regions of space where gravity is so strong, not even light can escape — are the corpses of dead, massive stars.

They form when the star runs out of fuel and collapses in on itself so tightly that the basic units of matter are no longer separate particles.

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