Black Holes: Dark and Deadly

What is a black hole?

• A big space vacuum that sucks in everything

• A hole in space that is black

• A region in space where gravity is so extreme that light cannot escape

How are black holes formed?

• a ton of smaller stars crash into each other

• a massive star explodes and collapses on itself

• it is unknown

What does "spaghettification" mean?

• when you are stretched like a noodle due to extreme gravity

• when you turn into spaghetti

• when you learn how to cook the Italian dish, 'Spaghetti'

How do we find and identify black holes?

• By observing the matter moving around it

• we cannot find them; they're invisible

• with NASA's black hole detector

Which part of the black hole is considered "the point of no return" ?

• the center

• the event horizon

• anywhere close to a black hole

The center of a black hole is called...

• the singularity

• the accretion disk

• the photon sphere

What is the name of the black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy?

• V616 Mon

• HR 6819

• Sgr A

How many telescopes does it take to study a black hole?

• 1

• 9

• 12

True or false: When our star (the sun) dies, it will turn into a black hole

• True

• False

True or false: We have never captured a real picture of a black hole.

• True

• False