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WHAT IS BLACK HOLE?

Out in the depths of space, there’s something pulling. Galaxies far away feel the tug. Stars circle it. Closer in, long spirals of bright gas and dust swirl like water around a drain. And in the very center? Nothing. A perfect, pitchy black, sucking in everything around it.

Not a Hole

Congratulations! You’ve found one of the strangest objects in the universe—a black hole. But it’s not a hole. In fact, it’s sort of the opposite. Black holes are real, solid objects that move around space just

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