Black holes are like super strong magnets in space, they pull everything toward them, even light. What’s inside? It's not a solid ball, but the stuff that makes up stars gets squished into something so tiny and heavy, it creates a point where we don’t know what happens next.
How They Work Imagine dropping a bag of marbles into a bottomless pit, they get crushed more and more as they fall in. A [black hole](/search?q=black%20hole) is like that pit, but made from the remains of stars.
Examples
- A black hole is like a marble made of crushed stars
- The inside of a black hole has no solid surface, it’s just super dense matter
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See also
- How do black holes form and what happens inside them?
- What Causes Black Holes to Shine?
- What Is the Event Horizon of a Black Hole?
- What Makes Black Holes So Mysterious?
- What Are Black Holes Really Like?