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    Black Holes: The Enigmatic Giants of Space

    Black holes are one of the universe's most mysterious and powerful
    phenomena. These cosmic entities form when massive stars exhaust their
    nuclear fuel and collapse under their gravity, creating a point of infinite
    density known as a singularity. The gravity of a black hole is so intense
    that nothing, not even light, can escape from it, making black holes
    invisible and difficult to study directly.

    Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity first predicted black holes,


    but it was Karl Schwarzschild who provided the mathematical foundation
    for understanding their structure. The boundary around a black hole,
    called the event horizon, marks the point of no return; anything crossing it
    is inevitably pulled into the singularity.

    Black holes are categorized based on their mass. Stellar-mass black holes
    are a few times the mass of our Sun and form from the collapse of
    individual stars. Supermassive black holes, found at the centers of
    galaxies, have masses millions to billions of times that of the Sun. The
    origins of these supermassive black holes remain one of the biggest
    mysteries in astrophysics. There are also intermediate-mass black holes,
    which are less common and harder to detect.

    The study of black holes has significantly advanced our understanding of


    physics, especially with the recent detection of gravitational waves from
    merging black holes. Despite these discoveries, many questions remain,
    such as the true nature of singularities and whether black holes could
    connect to other universes. As research continues, black holes remain a
    key to unlocking deeper cosmic secrets.
    --Tushar Bhatia--

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