Black Holes

Black Holes. Fact or Fiction? Over the years black holes have been portrayed as portholes to other dimensions or times, gates across the galaxy, objects of death and destruction, or all of the above. Black holes are real, that is one of the few things that we do know about them for sure; we also believe that we have a firm grasp on how they are created and what they do, but their purpose still remains a mystery.

What is a Black Hole?
To answer that question right off: a black hole is an area in space that has so much gravity that nothing, not even light, can escape. That is the short answer; there are many different kinds of black holes and they all react differently (whether it’s how long it takes for you to die after you’ve been sucked in, or how it eats the closest star¾they all act differently). A good way to describe a black hole would be this: Let’s say you’re standing somewhere on Earth and you throw a baseball up into the air. It’ll go up for a while, but it...