What is the purpose of "Black Holes" in outer space?
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Black holes don't have a purpose they just are!\n\nHowever Wikipedia gives\n\nA black hole is a concentration of mass great enough that the force of gravity prevents anything past its event horizon from escaping it except through quantum tunnelling behaviour (known as Hawking Radiation). The gravitational field is so strong that the escape velocity past its event horizon exceeds the speed of light. This implies that nothing, not even light, inside the event horizon can escape its gravity. It is, however, theorized that wormholes can let one exit a black hole. The term "black hole" is widespread, even though it does not refer to a hole in the usual sense, but rather a region of space from which nothing can return.\n\nThe existence of black holes in the universe is well supported by astronomical observation, particularly from studying X-ray emission from X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.
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There are no black holes close enough for a terrestrial probe to reach them yet. According to current theory, the intense gravitational field would trap any electromagnetic signal the probe might be sending out after it crossed the event horizon, so we wouldn't know what happened in any event.
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Not much actually as we still don't really have a clue what black holes actually are.\nThere are many questions to ask about the greenness of the black hole.. First, if the light is coming from the black hole itself then we actually don't have any black holes and everything we thought about them was wrong. \nScience is the art of guesswork based on what we already know. The term for this is called EMPIRICAL Science. Basically everything we are aware of is explained in this way.. When we make new laws or decided a black hole is a black hole, we are only guessing according to what we already know. \nIf you remember, people thought the world was flat, based on what they knew at that time. \nAnd the zeroth law of thermodynamics is called the zeroth because they had already come up with the first ,second and third before they realised they'd missed one..\nThe good thing about this is that essentially, this makes you just as smart as any of the top scientists in the world. Sadly, most of them would not share this point of view!!!!!
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Yes........more or less. A Black hole is a small view of what the universe as a whole will be like billions of years from now.
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A black hole is an object predicted by general relativity with a gravitational field so strong that nothing can escape it — not even light.\n\nA black hole is defined to be a region of space-time where escape to the outside universe is impossible. The boundary of this region is a surface called the event horizon. This surface is not physical, just an imaginary boundary. Nothing can move from inside the event horizon to the outside, even briefly.\n\nThe existence of black holes in the universe is well supported by astronomical observation, particularly from studying X-ray emission from X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei. It has also been hypothesized that black holes radiate energy due to quantum mechanical effects known as Hawking radiation. \n\nHistory\n\nThe concept of a body so massive that even light could not escape was put forward by the English geologist John Michell in a 1784 paper sent to the Royal Society. At that time, the Newtonian theory of gravity and the concept of escape velocity were well known. Michell computed that a body with 500 times the radius of the Sun and of the same density would have, at its surface, an escape velocity equal to the speed of light, and therefore would be invisible. In his words:
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Not much is known about black holes. What is known is only an estimate of how it might work.
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It is possible that black holes are the catalyst behind the big crunch, which is the end version of the big bang. Once all of the black holes in existence collect enough matter and energy, they could combine gravitationaly to create one massive black hole that simply repeats the big bang over and over.\n\nBlack holes do not reflect anything, so I don't believe the ignition of the sun was caused by a black hole. \nBlack Hole Info:\n1.They represent matter/energy in its purest form. (All matter and energy is coalesced into one single state of energy)\n\n2.They represent the possible end of our universe.(big crunch)\n\n3.They are the single largest gravitational entity theorized to exist.\n\n4.They are one of the few places that prohibit the propagation of light, so no reflection.\n\n5.The laws of nature at a black hole are completely different from anywhere else in the universe.
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The answer to that can fill a book:\n\nIn astronomy, a black hole is a region in time and space within which gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, not even electromagnetic radiation such as visible light. Black holes are thought to surround certain celestial objects. \n\nThe idea of a black hole (if not the term itself) is not new. As the intensity of the gravitational field around an object increases, so does the escape velocity. The escape velocity for a celestial mass (such as a star, planet, or moon) is the vertical speed with which an object must be hurled from the surface in order to fly forever beyond the gravitational influence of the mass. If a substantial celestial body such as a star becomes small enough in diameter, the escape velocity at the surface can theoretically exceed the velocity of light. This idea occurred to astronomers even in Isaac Newton's time. Modern astronomers believe they have observed black holes, consisting of stars that have collapsed under their own gravitation after spending their nuclear fuel. Black holes are also believed to exist at the centers of galaxies, including our own. \n\nA black hole produces bizarre effects on time and space. As seen from outside, an object falling into a black hole would approach the so-called event horizon, which is a spherical "one-way membrane" or "Rubicon" surrounding the black hole itself. If the object were a clock, it would seem to run more and more slowly as it approached the event horizon, and would never quite make it inside the black hole. From the reference frame of the falling object, nothing out of the ordinary would take place in the rate at which time passed, and the entry to the black hole would proceed apace, although the gravitational force near the event horizon might tear the falling object apart. \n\nBlack holes have been fodder for wild ideas and science-fiction stories since the concept became well known in the mid-1900s. Some scenarios are sensational to the point of madness. For example, suppose a tiny black hole, manufactured for use as a doomsday weapon, were dropped onto the surface of the earth? It would, as the story goes, proceed to devour the planet with unstoppable and phenomenal violence. \n\nOn the other hand, a worm hole is :supposedly a connection between white holes and black holes above. Do they exist? There are tons of controversy about these and no one can say for sure that they do exist.
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Black holes, because of their mass density, can "suck" things\ninto them but they don't do so all the time. For some reason,\nas yet unknown, black holes have periods of dormancy when\nthey stop "sucking". Quite an accomplishment for something\nthat is supposed to operate on such an elemental force as\nmass density. Black holes are also not the rare thing that\npeople would have you believe. There is one at the center\nof every galaxy that we are able to observe - including our\nown Milky Way galaxy.
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A black hole, by definition, doesn't emit light; photons can enter the event horizon of a black hole, but cannot emerge from it. If you can't see a black hole, then how do you know it's there?? In order to detect a black hole, you have to be devious and use indirect methods. \nThe method of detecting dark objects by noting their gravitational effect on luminous objects is a very old one. \n\nThe planet Neptune was first discovered from its gravitational effect on the planet Uranus. \nThe white dwarf Sirius B was first discovered from its gravitational effect on the star Sirius A. \nA black hole can be discovered from its gravitational effect on luminous matter (stars and/or hot gas).\n\nIf a black hole exists in a close binary system, it can be detected indirectly. Gas ripped from the companion star will spiral in toward the black hole. As it does so, it is heated up (by tidal heating, and by friction as it rubs against neighboring gas). The hot gas emits X-rays as it undergoes its death spiral to the event horizon. (Once it's inside the event horizon, we don't see the gas any more, but it's highly visible as long as it's outside.) If you are hunting for black holes, it's good to start by looking for binary star systems which are also strong X-ray sources. \n\nAbout a dozen other black hole candidates, with masses up to 10 solar masses or so, have been found in binary star systems within our galaxy. (We don't expect too many black hole stellar remnants, given the scarcity of the extremely massive stars which are their precursors.) \nAn interesting recent development in astronomy is that supermassive black holes (that is, black holes more than a million times the mass of the Sun) are found at the centers of many galaxies. Our own galaxy, for instance, has a black hole with mass 2.6 million Msun at its center, 8000 parsecs away from us. Our own galactic black hole is actually fairly wimpy. The Andromeda Galaxy, 700,000 parsecs away, has a black hole with a mass of 30 million Msun. \n\nHow do you go about hunting such supermassive black holes? As usual, you go about it indirectly, by looking at the orbital motion of gas and stars near the centers of galaxies. For instance, the observation of stars near the center of our own galaxy has revealed that they are orbiting a massive object with M = 2.6 million Msun. The closest star to this massive object comes within 17 light-hours (120 A.U.) of its center. The only plausible way to cram 2.6 million solar masses of stuff into a sphere 120 A.U. in radius is to make it all into a single big black hole. (For instance, if you tried to make a cluster of a million neutron stars 120 A.U. in radius, the collisions between neutron stars would make them all merge into a single big black hole within a few hundred thousand years.)
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A black hole is a concentration of mass great enough that the force of gravity prevents anything past its event horizon from escaping it except through quantum tunnelling behaviour (known as Hawking Radiation). The gravitational field is so strong that the escape velocity past its event horizon exceeds the speed of light. This implies that nothing, not even light, inside the event horizon can escape its gravity. It is, however, theorized that wormholes can provide an exit path for energy or matter. The term "black hole" is widespread, even though it does not refer to a hole in the usual sense, but rather a region of space from which nothing can return.\n\nThe existence of black holes in the universe is well supported by astronomical observation, particularly from studying X-ray emission from X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.
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Black holes are a theory, we suspect that some anomalies in space are black holes. White holes are desired by our nature to balance the negative energy of black holes. However the Begy concept of gravity as an external force acting on our universe more than compensates for the negative E of black holes and even predicts a source of energy that is constantly flowing into the universe which can only be detected as the force of gravity. According to the Begy theory, black holes would be anchors in time and space where the gravitational force is neutralized.
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Black holes, in astronomy, celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from escaping. The term was first used in reference to a star in the last phases of gravitational collapse (the final stage in the life history of certain stars; see stellar evolution) by the American physicist John A. Wheeler.\n\nGravitational collapse begins when a star has depleted its steady sources of nuclear energy and can no longer produce the expansive force, a result of normal gas pressure, that supports the star against the compressive force of its own gravitation. As the star shrinks in size (and increases in density), it may assume one of several forms depending upon its mass. A less massive star may become a white dwarf, while a more massive one would become a supernova. If the mass is less than three times that of the sun, it will then form a neutron star. However, if the final mass of the remaining stellar core is more than three solar masses, as shown by the American physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland S. Snyder in 1939, nothing remains to prevent the star from collapsing without limit to an indefinitely small size and infinitely large density, a point called the “singularity.”\n\nAt the point of singularity the effects of Einstein's general theory of relativity become paramount. According to this theory, space becomes curved in the vicinity of matter; the greater the concentration of matter, the greater the curvature. When the star (or supernova remnant) shrinks below a certain size determined by its mass, the extreme curvature of space seals off contact with the outside world. The place beyond which no radiation can escape is called the event horizon, and its radius is called the Schwarzschild radius after the German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, who in 1916 postulated the existence of collapsed celestial objects that emit no radiation. For a star with a mass equal to that of the sun, this limit is a radius of only 1.86 mi (3.0 km). Even light cannot escape a black hole, but is turned back by the enormous pull of gravitation.\n\nIt is now believed that the origin of some black holes is nonstellar. Some astrophysicists suggest that immense volumes of interstellar matter can collect and collapse into supermassive black holes, such as are found at the center of some galaxies. The British physicist Stephen Hawking has postulated still another kind of nonstellar black hole. Called a primordial, or mini, black hole, it would have been created during the “big bang,” in which the universe was created (see cosmology). Unlike stellar black holes, primordial black holes create and emit elementary particles, called Hawking radiation, until they exhaust their energy and expire. It has also been suggested that the formation of black holes may be associated with intense gamma ray bursts. Beginning with a giant star collapsing on itself or the collision of two neutron stars, waves of radiation and subatomic particles are propelled outward from the nascent black hole and collide with one another, releasing the gamma radiation. Also released is longer-lasting electromagnetic radiation in the form of X rays, radio waves, and visible wavelengths that can be used to pinpoint the location of the disturbance.\n\nBecause light and other forms of energy and matter are permanently trapped inside a black hole, it can never be observed directly. However, a black hole can be detected by the effect of its gravitational field on nearby objects (e.g., if it is orbited by a visible star), during the collapse while it was forming, or by the X rays and radio frequency signals emitted by rapidly swirling matter being pulled into the black hole. A small number of possible black holes have been detected. The first discovered (1971) was Cygnus X-1, an X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus. In 1994 astronomers employing the Hubble Space Telescope annou
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Yes and No, Since a black hole is made of particles, anti-matter could counter and destroy it, on the other hand, most believe it is an actual hole in the fabric of space/time. So can you repair it, not as of yet. 2nd an A-bomb is nothing to a black hole, so it wouldn't do much. 3rd, I've never heard of plasma being able to escape a black hole, theoretical energy, thermal energy, and certain virtual particles are the only thing I know that have been thought that could escape a black hole. 4th, Black holes can merge into 1 really big one, so they continue to live even through themselves.
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This is not a cheap answer because this is a fact: No one knows yet where black holes lead to. Science has not yet found an answer to your question. \n\nIf you want more info on black holes, visit www.nasa.gov
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It creates a black hole.
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The short answer is that whenever we take a good hard look at any given galaxy, we find good evidence that there is, or could be, a black hole at it's core.\n\nThe long answer is:\nIt is not so much a theory as something being increasingly noticed. Because black holes are the latest and coolest thing in astronomy (just look how many questions about them appear here!), everyone is always looking for them. They are not so easy to find because, well, they are black. You can't see one directly. One way to tell if there is a black hole there is by the effects of it's gravity on nearby matter. So far, the biggest effect observed on nearby matter has been high energy radiation caused by the rapid acceleration of that matter as it falls into the black hole. Some galaxies show that in their core, indicating a massive black hole there.\nAnother effect is that stars could orbit the black hole, just like the Earth orbits our Sun. We have known for a long time that all stars in a galaxy are orbiting around the center of that galaxy. IN the past it was assumed that there were enough regular stars and dust and gas in the center of the galaxy to make a mass big enough to orbit around. But recently observations with more powerful telescopes of stars closer and closer to the center of our Milky Way galaxy have shown stars VERY close to the center of the galaxy orbiting VERY fast. In that case it is easy to calculate the mass of whatever it is that they are orbiting, just like we can calculate the mass of the Sun by knowing how fast the Earth orbits it. Those calculations show the mass is millions of times more than the sun. Now we know all that mass has to be in an area smaller than the orbits of those stars, and the size of those orbits is measured as being quite small, so we know the volume far too small to be a big star cluster or other ordinary concentration of mass. The only known way to get so much mass in such a small volume is a black hole.\n\nI recall many years ago, when computers were just becoming powerful enough to do big simulations, that someone tried to simulate a globular star cluster by programming a few thousand stars to orbit in a big ball with no mass other than the stars themselves. It didn't work. The stars kind of just all dispersed at random and did not stay in a nice ball shaped globular cluster. Now it should be obvious that if there was a massive black hole in the center of the globular cluster, then all the stars could orbit it like the planets do the Sun, only not all in one plane like the planets do. And I believe some evidence of medium large black holes has been found in some globular clusters recently by the same method of using powerful telescopes to look at the orbits of stars very close to the core. And after all, what is a globular cluster but a really small galaxy.\n\nSo giant telescopes, some of them is space, are providing data never before available that just makes it more and more reasonable to assume that all galaxies have a massive black hole at the core.