The Search For Black Holes: Both As A Concept And An Understanding

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black hole is probably one of the most misunderstood ideas among
people outside of the astronomical and physical communities. Before an
understanding of how it is formed can take place, a bit of an introduction to
stars is necessary. This will shed light (no pun intended) on the black hole
philosophy.
A star is an enormous fire ball, fueled by a nuclear reaction at its
core which produces massive amounts of heat and pressure. It is formed when two
or more enormous gaseous clouds come together which forms the core, and as an
aftereffect the conversion, due to that impact, of huge amounts of energy from
the two clouds. The clouds come together with a great enough force, that a
nuclear reaction ensues. This type of energy is created by fusion wherein the
atoms are forced together to form a new one. In turn, heat in excess of
millions of degrees farenheit are produced.
This activity goes on for eons until the point at which the nuclear fuel
is exhausted. Here is where ...

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Nobel committee recognized his work and
awarded him their prize in Physics. The white dwarf is massive, but not as
massive as the next order of imploded star known as a neutron star. Often as
the nuclear fuel is burned out, the star will begin to shed its matter in an
explosion called a supernovae. When this occurs the star loses an enormous
amount of mass, but that which is left behind, if greater than 1.4 solar masses,
is a densely packed ball of neutrons. This star is so much more massive that a
teaspoon of it’s matter would weigh somewhere in the area of 5 million tons in
earth’s gravity. The magnitude of such a dense body is unimaginable. But even
a neutron star isn’t the ...

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