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Black Holes in Space

This presentation discusses black holes and their properties. It defines a black hole as a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. It describes three types of black holes - primordial, stellar, and supermassive. Primordial black holes can be as small as an atom but with the mass of a large mountain. Stellar black holes have masses up to 20 times the sun and fit within a 10 mile diameter. Supermassive black holes have masses over a million suns and fit within a diameter the size of our solar system. The largest black holes are found at the center of galaxies like the Milky Way.

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Black Holes in Space

This presentation discusses black holes and their properties. It defines a black hole as a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. It describes three types of black holes - primordial, stellar, and supermassive. Primordial black holes can be as small as an atom but with the mass of a large mountain. Stellar black holes have masses up to 20 times the sun and fit within a 10 mile diameter. Supermassive black holes have masses over a million suns and fit within a diameter the size of our solar system. The largest black holes are found at the center of galaxies like the Milky Way.

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COMMUNICATION LAB

PRESENTATION

BLACK HOLES in
space
K KISHORE
312320107017
What is a black hole?
 A black hole is a region of space
time where gravity is so strong that
nothing, including light or
other electromagnetic waves, has enough
energy to escape its event horizon.
  It is a great amount of matter packed into
a very small area - think of a star ten times
more massive than the Sun squeezed into a
sphere approximately the diameter of New
York City.
 The result is a gravitational field so strong
that nothing, not even light, can escape.
How Big Are Black Holes?
 The smallest ones are known as primordial
black holes. Scientists believe this type of
black hole is as small as a single atom but
with the mass of a large mountain.
 The most common type of medium-sized
black holes is called "stellar." The mass of
a stellar black hole can be up to 20 times
greater than the mass of the sun and can
fit inside a ball with a diameter of about 10
miles
 The largest black holes are called
"supermassive." These black holes have
masses greater than 1 million suns
combined and would fit inside a ball with a
diameter about the size of the solar system.
 Scientific evidence suggests that every
large galaxy contains a supermassive
black hole at its center.

 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 ball with a
diameter about the size of the sun.
HOW BLACK HOLES ARE
 FORMES?
Most black holes form from the remnants of a
large star that dies in a supernova explosion.
 Not all the stars will become the black hole
Smaller stars become dense neutron stars, which
are not massive enough to trap light.
 If the total mass of the star is large enough (about
three times the mass of the Sun), it can be proven
theoretically that no force can keep the star from
collapsing under the influence of gravity. 
  When the surface reaches the event horizon, time
stands still, and the star can collapse no more - it is
a frozen collapsing object.
Will the Sun Ever Turn Into a Black
Hole?
 The sun does not have enough mass to collapse
into a black hole.
 In billions of years, when the sun is at the end of
its life, it will become a red giant star.
 Then, when it has used the last of its fuel, it will
throw off its outer layers and turn into a glowing
ring of gas called a planetary nebula.
 Finally, all that will be left of the sun is a
cooling white dwarf star.
THANK YOU
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