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Claim Strong Evidence Weak Evidence Counter Evidence Your Opinion

Black Holes are the
remnants of dead
stars

Black Holes can have a

mass of 10 to 100
times the mass of our
sun

Black Holes can have a

mass of millions to
billions times that of
our sun

Black Holes can have a It is possible for a In 2008, American Although not counter Given that the
radius of 50km black hole to have a Astronomical Society evidence, we do not question is asking if a
radius of 50km, and found the smallest know any black hole black hole “can” have
we can prove this black hole, with a that has “exactly” a radius of 50 km and
through the radius of only 24 50km as a radius. not if we have found
Schwarzschild radius kilometres apart. Given this, there is no one, I believe it is
formula: R=2MG/c^2, Therefore, it is solid hard proof for plausible, because of
where M is object possible, since there there to be one. the reasonable mass
mass, G is universal could be a larger black of such a black hole
gravitational constant hole of radius 50km and the black hole not
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and c is the speed of somewhere in the being something that

light. According to this Universe. is smaller or larger
formula, for a radius than what we have
of 50km, the mass of discovered before.
the black hole should
be 3.3*10^31 Earth
masses, something
that is around the
mass of a typical
supermassive black
hole.

Black Holes can have a

radius of 5 meters

Black Holes can have a

radius of 25 billion
kms

Light can orbit a Black

Hole
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Light cannot escape a

Black Hole

If our star was to

instantly become a
Black Hole, our solar
system would be
sucked in
The singularity at the
center of a Black Hole
is a one-dimensional
point in space that
has infinite gravity
There is a Black Hole
at the center of every
galaxy

There are millions of

Black Holes in our
galaxy
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We can see Black

Holes with telescopes

We can detect Black

Holes by gravitational
lensing

All Black Holes are

quasars

Time slows as you In terms of special

approach a Black Hole relativity

There is a White Hole

on the other side of a
Black Hole
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All Black Holes rotate

In a Black Hole, the

space and time
dimensions are
swapped
Black Holes evaporate
over time

Any object can

become a Black Hole

Our sun will one day

become a Black Hole
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Einstein discovered
Black Holes