FAQs
The first image of a Black Hole was captured when
What is 2019
This is located at the very center of a black hole
What is the singularity
When a star burns through its fuel & collapses into itself it becomes this type
What is a stellar black hole
These were detected from merging black holes
What are gravitational waves
Black holes were predicted as an exact math sol'n to this person's equations
Who is Albery Einstein
The name of the Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way
What is Sagittarius A*
This area is considered the "point of no return"
What is the event horizon
These type of black holes are theorized to form from large clusters of dark matter
As black holes spin around each other they do so in this manner
Waht is in the same (or opposite) directions
The closest black hole to Earth
What is The Unicorn
First object to be considered a black hole
What is Cygnus X-1
This is the superheated gas & dust that swirls at immense speeds around the center of a black hole
What is the accretion disc
This type of blak hole packs more than 3x's the mass of the sun into the diameter of a small city
What is a stellar black hole
Two adjacent black holes form when
What is the same time
Black holes do not die, per se, but do this instead
What is evaporate over a long time
The first black hole image was from what galaxy
What is M87
These are the particles & radiation blasting out from a black holes poles
What are relativistic jets
When stars cluster collide in a chain reaction is forms this type of blackhole
What is an intermediate black hole
The odd behavior of black holes in a stellar cluster
What is random spin orientations
The latest image of a black hole used this type of light
What is polarized
This telescope was used to capture the first image of a black hole
What is the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
The area of a black hole that isn't dark & is influenced by hot plasma
What is the Photon sphere
These types of black holes are theorized to be at the heart of dwarf galaxies
What are intermediate black holes
Used in 2015 to detect gravitational waves from merging black holes
What is LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
This American coined the term "black hole"
Who is John Wheeler