Black HolesEvan BunisGroton Dunstable RegionalA black hole is defined as an object in space that is so compact, that has such a powerful gravitational pull, that even light cannot escape its attraction . In most cases, black holes form when a massive star (much larger than ours) undergoes a supernova explosion. When this happens, the star can collapse under its own gravitational pull, resulting in an object of infinitely large density and zero volume. As a result, the escape velocity (the speed needed to escape gravitational pull) becomes even greater than the speed of light, and since nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, nothing can escape a black hole. The idea of ​​black holes was first proposed in the 1700s by scientists John Michell and Pierre-Simon Laplace, who independently claimed that there could be objects in the universes with a gravitational force so great that even light could be trapped. Published in 1916, Einstein's theory of general relativity, which included how gravity affects the movement of light, gave way to scientific discoveries involving black holes. In Einstein's own theory, he was only able to approximate solutions to some of his own equations, but Karl Schwarzschild was able to provide the solutions. These solutions described objects as black holes that had such a massive density that nothing could escape them. Schwarzschild hypothesized that if an object had such a small radius, the escape velocity would be greater than the speed of light. Because as mentioned before, nothing is faster than the speed of light, the object would be sucked into itself by its own gravitational pull, causing the object to disappear. What r...... middle of paper ...... and load. Any other matter that entered the black hole is negligible, it is completely lost, and there is no way of knowing what it was. Clifford A. Pickover describes this by saying: All other information about a black hole before its formation is lost when the matter is crushed in the singularity. For example, if you had a sufficient number of televisions crammed into the appropriate amount of space, the black hole formed would give you no idea that the original material came from the televisions. No amount of detective work would force a black hole to reveal the secret of its background. In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking made the argument that the quantum mechanical effects of black holes caused them to emit radiation. are found end: what would happen if you fell into the sun and became a