Black holes: engines of gravity that trap, heat, launch, and clock the cosmos.
Black holes can heat surrounding gas hotter than the core of the Sun, via jets and shocks, forging cosmic light shows.
Spinning black holes drag spacetime so hard that they twist nearby time, making falling objects appear to orbit backward.
A black hole’s gravity can quench star formation by expelling gas, effectively sterilizing galaxies trillions of years old.
Hawking radiation means black holes evaporate, releasing faint bursts that outshine entire galaxies for microseconds in the far future.
Black holes can heat surrounding gas hotter than the core of the Sun, via jets and shocks, forging cosmic light shows.
Spinning black holes drag spacetime so hard that they twist nearby time, making falling objects appear to orbit backward.
A black hole’s gravity can quench star formation by expelling gas, effectively sterilizing galaxies trillions of years old.
Hawking radiation means black holes evaporate, releasing faint bursts that outshine entire galaxies for microseconds in the far future.
