Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole?

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Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole? / Kersting, Magdalena; Ruggiero, Matteo Luca.

In: Frontiers for Young Minds, 2022.

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Kersting, M & Ruggiero, ML 2022, 'Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole?', Frontiers for Young Minds. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.804654

APA

Kersting, M., & Ruggiero, M. L. (2022). Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole? Frontiers for Young Minds. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.804654

Vancouver

Kersting M, Ruggiero ML. Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole? Frontiers for Young Minds. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.804654

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Kersting, Magdalena ; Ruggiero, Matteo Luca. / Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole?. In: Frontiers for Young Minds. 2022.

Bibtex

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title = "Why Can{\textquoteright}t You Escape a Black Hole?",
abstract = "Have you ever heard of black holes? Black holes sound like objects from a science fiction story. These objects are dark, dense regions in the universe, and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing can escape them—not even light! This is why black holes are so black: without light, we cannot see them. Physicists think that black holes are some of the universe{\textquoteright}s most exciting objects to study. Why? Because once something has fallen into a black hole, it can never return. And more fantastic still: the laws of physics do not tell us what happens when something falls into a black hole and reaches its center. In other words, black holes are huge cosmic mysteries. In this article, we present an analogy that helps us make sense of these mysteries. The analogy offers a new way of thinking about space and time.",
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doi = "10.3389/frym.2022.804654",
language = "English",
journal = "Frontiers for Young Minds",
issn = "2296-6846",
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RIS

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T1 - Why Can’t You Escape a Black Hole?

AU - Kersting, Magdalena

AU - Ruggiero, Matteo Luca

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Have you ever heard of black holes? Black holes sound like objects from a science fiction story. These objects are dark, dense regions in the universe, and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing can escape them—not even light! This is why black holes are so black: without light, we cannot see them. Physicists think that black holes are some of the universe’s most exciting objects to study. Why? Because once something has fallen into a black hole, it can never return. And more fantastic still: the laws of physics do not tell us what happens when something falls into a black hole and reaches its center. In other words, black holes are huge cosmic mysteries. In this article, we present an analogy that helps us make sense of these mysteries. The analogy offers a new way of thinking about space and time.

AB - Have you ever heard of black holes? Black holes sound like objects from a science fiction story. These objects are dark, dense regions in the universe, and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing can escape them—not even light! This is why black holes are so black: without light, we cannot see them. Physicists think that black holes are some of the universe’s most exciting objects to study. Why? Because once something has fallen into a black hole, it can never return. And more fantastic still: the laws of physics do not tell us what happens when something falls into a black hole and reaches its center. In other words, black holes are huge cosmic mysteries. In this article, we present an analogy that helps us make sense of these mysteries. The analogy offers a new way of thinking about space and time.

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DO - 10.3389/frym.2022.804654

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JO - Frontiers for Young Minds

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