Introduction to Black Holes

Black holes are like space vacuums with gravity so strong, even light can't zip away. They're made when giant stars go 'kaboom!' and squeeze themselves into a tiny space, bending our brainy physics rules.

Think of the event horizon like a black hole's 'you can't leave' zone. Once you're in, you can't escape! And at the very center, there's a singularity, where stuff gets super weird and gravity is crazy strong – it's like the rules of the universe just don't apply there!

Einstein's big brain move, called general relativity, says super heavy things like black holes can actually bend space and time. It's like putting a heavy ball on a trampoline and watching it sink down. That's how gravity works!

Stephen Hawking figured out that even black holes can give off a sort of glow (called Hawking Radiation) because of some tricky science happening right at the edge, which might make them slowly shrink over the years. 🌟

Even though we can't see black holes directly, we know they're there because they mess with the stuff around them and warp light, kind of like a cosmic magnifying glass! 🌀✨

A black hole's intense gravity can slow down time so much that a minute outside could be years inside! Mind-bending time warp!