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Formation of the universe without (above) and with (below) primordial black holes (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Primordial Black holes

By: Brandon Tao, Journalist
Primordial Black holes are the smallest black holes to ever exist in the universe, they were smaller than a proton, & just as mysterious as dark matter. While unknown if they exist, their existence could answer many questions about how our universe evolved & came to be.
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The Creation of the Black Hole in "Interstellar"

The Creation of the Black Hole in “Interstellar”

By: Jason Reznikov, Journalist
The black hole in Interstellar is one of the most visually spectacular scenes in any movie ever made.
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"Black Holes May Shape Galaxies (NASA, Chandra, Hubble, 03/03/10)" by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.

Quick Insight of a Black Hole

By: Jimmy Mendoza, Black Holes
Black holes are one of the most dangerous objects roaming around our universe. These fallen-stars have gravitational fields so strong not even light can escape.
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Black Holes

Black Holes

By: Logan Lee, Journalist
Black holes are extremely mysterious and not a lot is know about them.
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Energy In a Dying Universe

Energy In a Dying Universe

By: Thomas Ritchey, Journalist
Everyone knows that energy that goes in to a black hole is trapped forever. Slipping past the event horizon, falling infinitely into an infinitely empty, infinitely deep and yet still infinitely dense well, concentrated in an infinitely small pebble at the bottom. We all know this energy is trapped forever... or is it?
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"Black Holes May Shape Galaxies (NASA, Chandra, Hubble, 03/03/10)" by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.

How do black holes form?

By: Ali Iskandar, Journalist
A black hole takes up zero space, but does have mass — originally, most of the mass that used to be a star. And black holes get “bigger” (technically, more massive) as they consume matter near them. The bigger they are, the larger a zone of “no return” they have, where anything entering their territory is irrevocably lost to the black hole. This point of no return is called the event horizon.
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