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What is the black hole theory?

Please give me a full explaination of the black hole theory. And please make it as simple as possible, I don't need a headache!

I have heard that the chances of it being true is one in a billion to the one hundred and twenty third power. What do you think about this?

Thanks for your time!

~God bless

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  • 1 decade ago
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    A black hole is a region of space in which the gravitational field is so powerful that nothing can escape after having fallen past the event horizon. The name comes from the fact that even electromagnetic radiation (e.g. light) is unable to escape, rendering the interior invisible. However, black holes can be detected if they interact with matter outside the event horizon, for example by drawing in gas from an orbiting star. The gas spirals inward, heating up to very high temperatures and emitting large amounts of radiation in the process.

    My friend i hope this will help u a lot in simple way...

  • 1 decade ago

    What do you mean by "black hole theory"? When a scientist uses that phrase, she means the concepts and mathematics of how things behave near a black hole. There are whole books on the subject.

    The word "theory" mean different things in regular English and in scientific discussions. If someone wrote a book called "The Theory of Cooking Hot Dogs", would you say that hot dogs are "just" a theory?

    "chances of being true"? Black holes are an observed fact, so I would say the chances are 100%.

  • 1 decade ago

    Look up the wikipedia page on Active galactic Nuclei, that's the most current theory.

    Black hole is just a word that gets thrown around, there is concrete evidence for objects in the centre of most galaxies (including ours, look up Sagittarius's A star S1) that are denser than the standard model allows matter to be, therefore there is something in there that the standard model or general relativity cannot explain. That is what a black hole is, its not actually some craaaazy mythical thing thats been theorised, its a word used to fill in the gap of what we can't explain, fully. We can't explain what happens in the singularity, stuff on the outside theres theories.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A theory is that the black holes are matter that is so extremely dense that no light can escape or be reflected from them. Also, astronomers have observed stars and suns being "sucked" into black holes. Scientists with an imagination have written that they might be a porthole to another dimension of the universe. I am sorry that I don't understand your reference to the mathmatical figures.

    Source(s): extensive reading and my biochemist/engineer brother who has a great interest in astronomy
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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    nicely, you're doing numerous questioning with regard to the placement. in spite of the indisputable fact that, you exceeded over maximum of physics factors of the Black hollow thought interior the approach that i do no longer think of your advice is a valid simplification. maximum artists and astronomers view a black hollow as being something like a funnel formed section with the hollow establishing on the huge section, and the singularity on the tiny little tip of the funnel. yet, there is not any hollow on the tiny end of the funnel, in basic terms the singularity. the assumption of black holes is for the present all conjecture and hypothesis, thought, in case you will. they are invisible to the attention so we actually do no longer understand approximately shape, composition, etc. in spite of the indisputable fact that, we do understand that they emit huge quantities of radiation, and while we glance there, to be certain what that is, there is no longer something there that we are able to be certain. Stars have gravity because of the fact of their mass. you chosen to call it "helpful". Black Holes even have gravity, and you chosen to call it "destructive" for some reason. Black hollow "gravity" is the comparable variety of element that stars have, no longer the alternative, or some variety of opposite mode. i desire to propose extra learn and examining on your section. There are actually not any confident solutions at this factor, i think of. In time extra will grow to be generally occurring.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    First, we need to dismiss the idea that a theory about a black hole is highly improbable. The theory which does exist is very likely to be true as far as it goes.

    Second, may I please point you to an article which is a preliminary introduction to black holes.

  • eri
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Black holes form when stars collapse. They are very dense areas of space. I don't know where you got that probability from, but since we've observed them, both their gravitational effects, the formation of black holes, their effects on nearby matter, and even created them in the lab on small scales, the probability of them existing is exactly 1.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Black holes exist. There are many theories ABOUT black holes, but whether they exist or not is a fact, not a tehory.

  • Okay you want a simple answer but sorry mate there isnt one go to this site and they will explain it to you http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2650-black-h...

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