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Black hole

Region that has a no-return boundary. A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Albert Einstein's theory...

Supermassive black hole

Largest type of black hole. A supermassive black hole (SMBH or sometimes SBH) is the largest type of black hole, with its mass being on the order of hundreds of thousands, or millions...

Black Hole Sun

1994 single by Soundgarden. "Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in May 1994 by A&M Records as the...

Micro black hole

Hypothetical black holes of very small size. Micro black holes, also known as mini black holes and quantum mechanical black holes, are hypothetical tiny (<1 M☉) black holes, for which quantum mechanical...

List of most massive black holes

black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates), measured in units of solar masses (M☉), approximately 2×1030 kilograms. A supermassive black...

Black Hole of Calcutta

Dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab...

Sagittarius A*

Supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ˈsædʒ ˈeɪ stɑːr/ SADGE-AY-star), is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. Viewed from Earth, it is located...

Primordial black hole

Hypothetical black hole formed soon after the Big Bang. In cosmology, primordial black holes (PBHs) are hypothetical black holes that formed soon after the Big Bang. In the inflationary era and early radiation-dominated...

List of black holes

List of some black holes. This list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates) is organized by mass (including black holes of undetermined mass); some items in this...

Black hole thermodynamics

Area of study. physics, black hole thermodynamics is the area of study that seeks to reconcile the laws of thermodynamics with the existence of black hole event horizons...

Binary black hole

System consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other. binary black hole (BBH), or black hole binary, is an astronomical object consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other. Like black holes themselves...

Stellar black hole

Black hole formed by a collapsed star. A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star. They have masses ranging from about...