Black Hole

The first modern

solution of general
relativity that would
characterize a black
hole was found by Karl
Schwarzschild in 1916.
And also Stephen
Hawking is best known
for his discovery that
black holes emit
radiation which can be
detected by special instrumentation. His discovery has made
the detailed study of black holes possible.

Black hole, cosmic body of

extremely intense gravity from
which nothing, not even light, can
escape. A black hole can be
formed by the death of a massive
star. When such a star has
exhausted the internal
thermonuclear fuels in its core at
the en d of its life, the core
becomes unstable and
gravitationally collapses inward
upon itself, and the star’s outer layers are blown away. The
crushing weight of constituent matter falling in from all sides
compresses the dying star to a point of zero volume and infinite
density called the singularity.
CHARACTERISCTICS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF
BLACK HOLE
Characteristics
A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity
is so strong that light is not able to escape. The strong gravity
occurs because matter has been pressed into a tiny space. This
compression can take place at the end of a star's life. Some black
holes are a result of dying stars
Structure
The basic structure of a black hole consists of a singularity
hidden by an event horizon. Within the event horizon, the escape
speed ( vesc ) exceeds the speed of light ( c ) and an object is
trapped forever. Outside the event horizon, vesc < c and the
object is able to escape.
Details of the structure of a black hole are calculated from Albert
Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The singularity constitutes
the centre of a black hole and is hidden by the object’s “surface,”
the event horizon. Inside the event horizon the escape velocity
(i.e., the velocity required for matter to escape from the
gravitational field of a cosmic object) exceeds the speed of light,
so that not even rays of light can escape into space. The radius of
the event horizon is called the Schwarzschild radius, after the
German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, who in 1916 predicted
the existence of collapsed stellar bodies that emit no radiation.
The size of the Schwarzschild radius is proportional to the mass
of the collapsing star. For a black hole with a mass 10 times as
great as that of the Sun, the radius would be 30 km (18.6 miles).
Properties
For astronomers the only three measurable physical properties
that completely specify the characteristics of a black hole are its
mass, its charge and its angular momentum.
ARE BLACK HOLE REALLY BLACK?
Black holes absorb all surrounding matter and energy within a
certain proximity. For this reason, these celestial objects emit
no light and therefore do not have a color. It is called "black"
because it absorbs all the light that hits it, reflecting nothing,
just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OBJECTS THAT ARE BEING

SUCKED BY THE BLACK HOLE?
When matter is sucked in,
it must be destroyed
because black holes are
only a point but the
Conservation of Mass
theory says that matter
can't be destroyed, it must
be converted into another
form of matter. But There
are many cultural myths
concerning black holes --
several of the myths are perpetuated by television and movies.
Black holes have been portrayed as time-traveling tunnels to
another dimension, or as cosmic vacuum cleaners sucking up
everything in sight. Black holes are really just the evolutionary
end points of massive stars. Somehow, this simple explanation
makes them no easier to understand.