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BLACK HOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("black hole" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Context examples:
As the corona shifted closer to the black hole, the gravity of the black hole exerted a stronger tug on the X-rays emitted by it.
(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)
The black hole was already billions of times the mass of our sun when our universe was only a tenth of its present age of 13.8 billion years.
(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)
One of the largest gaps lies in a certain type of black hole: intermediate-mass black holes that fall between supermassive (at least a million times greater than our sun) and stellar (smaller, though still 5 to 50 times greater than the mass of our sun) black holes.
(Observing 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomy, National Science Foundation)
They might come into existence in far more extreme environments, new work suggests, and a black hole could be home to thousands of planets.
(Thousands of Planets Could Be Orbiting around Black Holes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Until now, scientists had estimated the mass of an individual stellar black hole in our galaxy at no more than 20 times that of the sun.
(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Most ULXs are typically long-lived because they're created by a dense object, like a black hole, that "feeds" on the star for an extended period of time.
(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The new data could ultimately help determine more about the mysterious nature of black hole coronas.
(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)
The brilliant galaxy, known as WISE J224607.57-052635.0, may have a behemoth black hole at its belly, gorging itself on gas.
(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)
There is no way of detecting such planetary systems around a black hole, and so no way to know for sure whether planets of this kind have yet formed.
(Thousands of Planets Could Be Orbiting around Black Holes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The monster black hole is located 15,000 light-years from Earth and has been named LB-1 by the researchers.
(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
