russ_watters said:What an odd thing to say! I've read it several times and never thought it said much of anything about thermodynamics!
Black holes are regions in space with such strong gravitational pull that nothing, including light, can escape from them. They are formed when a massive star dies and its core collapses under its own gravity.
Stephen Hawking's theories on black holes revolutionized our understanding of these objects. He proposed that black holes emit radiation, now known as Hawking radiation, and that they have a temperature and entropy. He also showed that black holes eventually evaporate and disappear.
The event horizon is the boundary of a black hole beyond which no information or light can escape. It is the point of no return, where the gravitational pull is so strong that even light cannot escape.
No, we cannot observe black holes directly as they absorb all light and electromagnetic radiation. However, we can observe their effects on the surrounding matter and light, which helps us understand their existence and properties.
Black holes have a strong gravitational pull, which warps space and time around them. This means that time moves slower near a black hole, and the laws of physics as we know them may not apply inside a black hole.