What Is a Black Hole Anyway?

A black hole is like a giant vacuum in space. It’s so heavy that even light can’t escape it, and that’s why we can’t see what’s inside. Imagine dropping a tennis ball into a swimming pool, but the pool keeps getting deeper and deeper until you can’t tell where the water ends and the pool begins.

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A black hole could be like a sinkhole that swallows everything around it.
If you were to fall into a black hole, time would slow down for you compared to someone watching from outside.
Imagine dropping a tennis ball into the deepest part of an ocean, and it disappears forever.

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