Why Do Black Holes Shine?

Imagine you're trying to drink through a straw, but the straw is super tiny and the water is moving really fast. That’s like what happens around a black hole! The matter falling into it gets squished and super heated, making it glow bright. We call that light black hole shine.

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A black hole shining like a lightbulb
A star glowing as it gets eaten by a black hole
Sticky spaghetti-shaped matter near the event horizon

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