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Wikipedia: The Black Hole

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This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.

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entropy, galaxies, gravitation, gravitational field, gravity, light, magnetic fields, photons, speed, albert einstein, thermodynamics, black holes

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age of the universe, astronomy activity, astrophysics, black hole activity, dark energy stars, escape velocity, gamma ray bursts, general relativity, gradient, gravitational collapse, gravitational forces, gravitational pull, how black holes are formed, how black holes are made, mathematical physics, neutron stars, particle accelerators, plasma physics, quantum field theory, quantum tunneling, quasars, relativity, solar masses, space activity, spacetime, speed of light, stellar mass black holes, thermal radiation, universe, black hole, how black holes work, earth, einstein, einstein's general theory of relativity, einstein's theory of relativity, entropy and hawking radiation, kerr metric, milky way, occam's razor, reissner-nordstrom metric, rotating black holes, schwarzschild radius, spaghettification, stephen hawking, ursa major constellation, wikipedia, active galactic nuclei, black hole background information / procedure, black hole information paradox, classical general relativity, cosmic censorship hypothesis, discovery of black holes, faster than light, first law of black hole mechanics, formation of black holes, gravitational lensing, gravity distortion, hawking radiation, holographic principle, intermediate mass black hole, intermediate mass black holes, introduction to black holes, micro black holes, naked singularities, primordial black holes, properties of black holes, reality of black holes, tidal forces
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9th - 10th
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Science
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Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Other, Spanish, Arabic

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