Black Holes

Black Holes

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What do you know about black holes? What do you want to find out?

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How are black holes created?

• When a massive star implodes

• From a gamma ray burst

• From a nebula of gas and dust in space

• From nothing in interstellar space

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Predict: If an astronaut explored a black hole for an hour then returned to the spaceship what would have changed

• They would have aged faster than the rest of the crew

• They would have ages slower than the rest of the crew

• They would have aged at the same rate

Watch: Black Holes Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98&t=180s

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What Are The Two Main Classes of Black holes

• Stellar and Supermassive
• Micro and Intermediate
• Stellar and Intermediate
• Intermediate and Supermassive

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Where do you think is the nearest supermassive black hole?

• At the center of our solar system

• At the center of our galaxy

• Not near our galaxy of solar system

• On the other end of the universe

Sagittarius A*

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is called Sagittarius A. It has a mass equal to about 4 million suns and would fit inside a very large ball that could hold a few million Earths.

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Check all that are true about black holes

• They can swallow entire stars

• We can see black holes

• Not even light can escape their gravity

• They're at the center of most galaxies

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What do you think is inside a black hole?

Click the link below for a trippy 360 degree experience inside a black hole (a simulation of course)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8mwhm0PoKc