Lets’s Talk Science!

NASA describes a Black Hole as a place where matter is squeezed into a small space and the resulting  pull of gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape .  The fact that light can’t escape renders a Black Hole invisible- only detectable with special instrumentation.

Nash O is a 4th grade student at Marin Preparatory and passionate about Space Science.  Here is what Nash has to say about Black Holes.

 

How is a Black Hole formed?

We do not know that much about black holes but this is what we do know: a Black Hole is what happens when a star (at least 20 times bigger than our sun) takes about 500 million to 15 billion years to collapses on itself.

 

What is the biggest Black Hole that we know about?

The biggest Black Hole in history is and was 17,000,000,000 times bigger than our Sun.  Scientists use our sun as a unit of measurement and mass.

 

Where is the closest Black Hole to Earth?

The closest Black Hole to Earth is 70 million light years away.

PS.  A  light year is NOT a real year but is a distance.

 

Let’s dive deep…

 

Wow.  What else…

What if two Black Holes collide?

Of the little information that we do have, this is what we know: when two black holes collide that are the same size they will commonly turn into a Super Black Hole.  If one Black Hole is bigger than the other, then it is possible that the bigger one will fling the smaller one away.

 

Where can we find out more about Black Holes?

1- NASA- What is a Black Hole?

2- Check out this video by Naked Science.

Thanks, Nash!