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black hole

[blak hohl] / ˈblæk ˈhoʊl /
NOUN
abyss
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As material spirals toward a black hole, not all of it necessarily disappears beyond the event horizon, the boundary past which nothing can escape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Astronomers use it to measure how intensely a black hole is feeding relative to a characteristic physical limit.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

That gives scientists an unusual opportunity to track how a giant black hole responds as its supply of material changes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rather than a black hole or neutron star collecting matter, an ordinary low-mass star is receiving material from a nearby brown dwarf.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’s the supermassive black hole in the middle of our galaxy.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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