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How does the gravity affect of a black hole pull in light?
aren't photons massless?
aren't photons massless?
A blackhole is a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it. It is formed when a massive star collapses under its own weight.
Blackholes can have a wide range of sizes, from tiny ones that are smaller than an atom to supermassive ones that are billions of times the mass of our sun.
Blackholes themselves cannot be seen because no light can escape from them. However, scientists can detect the presence of blackholes by observing the effects of their gravitational pull on surrounding matter.
If you get too close to a blackhole, the gravitational pull will become stronger and stronger, eventually stretching and squeezing your body until it is torn apart. This process is known as spaghettification.
Blackholes do not simply disappear, but they can evaporate over time through a process called Hawking radiation. This occurs when pairs of particles are created near the event horizon of a blackhole, with one particle falling into the blackhole and the other escaping. This causes the blackhole to slowly lose mass and eventually "evaporate". However, this process takes an incredibly long time and is not yet observable with current technology.