5 questions you might have about black holes

1. What happens inside a black hole?

Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape.

2. Can black holes destroy everything in the universe?

While black holes can consume matter and light that come too close, they are not cosmic vacuum cleaners.

3. Do black holes last forever?

Black holes slowly lose mass through a process called Hawking radiation, as predicted by Stephen Hawking.

4. Is time different near a black hole?

Yes, time behaves differently near a black hole due to its extreme gravitational pull. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time slows down as you approach the event horizon, a phenomenon known as time dilation.

5. Can black holes be used for space travel?

Some scientists speculate that rotating black holes might contain wormholes, theoretical passages through spacetime.