Definition Essay: What Is A Black Hole?

You may be asking yourself what is this thing that many astronomers (unlike myself) call a “Black Hole” (the weird thing pictured above), well I’m here to help you out dear reader. A Black Hole is simply (or maybe not simply) a region in space where matter has collapsed into infinite density. As a result of this spacetime experiences an extreme curvature. Because of this black hole the gravitational field of that black hole becomes so intense that light or really anything else cannot escape from it. A common term used in describing collapsing stars is the “Event Horizon”. An event horizon is formed when a collapsing star increases density. This event horizon is a special surface which expands outward, but it slows when more and more matter

A singularity is the dense center of the black hole. The gravitational pull and the density in the singularity are so strong that they have become infinite. Also remember that spacetime I was talking about earlier, well in the singularity that also has infinite curvature. But it is so curved that both space and time inside the curvature cease to exist. Both space and time are broken in that area. We are not sure what exactly goes on in the singularity, even though there are working theories out there none have been proven, not even Einstein could figure this out. But what we do know is the cause of black holes. Black holes form when a massive star runs out of hydrogen to fuel itself. The gravity of the star pulls in on the center and the star collapses in on itself. At this point you may be asking “What goes on inside a black hole?” Well all we really know is at the black hole’s singularity there is just randomness. This is because astronomers cannot even see past the singularity in the first

Can we actually see them? Well sorta yes but mostly no. No in the sense that we cannot see inside of them mainly because even light cannot escape the gravitational effects of it … so ,oh well too bad I bet if we could then astronomers would be thrilled but sadly they are left in the dark (literally) about it. But sorta yes because we can see the effects that the black hole has on surrounding objects like gasses. For example if there is a black hole with other objects like dust or even stars very close to it , then there is a possibility that we can see that rapid gravitational orbit from the other stars around the black hole, … so yeah we have that going for us. This evidence is increasing and it is suggesting that black holes are not as rare in the universe as originally thought, but most of this evidence is indirect and not 100% accurate. But this is pretty much all we can see of black holes in space, of course computer generations are a thing so you should check those