What Makes a Black Hole ‘Eternally’ Rotating?

Imagine a giant spinning top that never stops. That’s what an eternally rotating black hole is like, it spins forever because something keeps giving it energy. When stars or other things fall into it, they give it more spin, and the hole just keeps going round and round without ever slowing down.

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  1. Imagine a spinning top in space that gets more energy every time it eats another marble.
  2. It’s like a washing machine full of clothes, the more you add, the faster it spins.
  3. A black hole is like a cosmic whirlpool that keeps getting more energy from stuff falling into it.

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