What is another word for black holes?

Pronunciation: [blˈak hˈə͡ʊlz] (IPA)

Black holes are mysterious gravitational entities that have captivated scientists and the public alike since their discovery. They are often referred to as cosmic vacuum cleaners because of their ability to suck in all matter and light around them. Some other synonyms used for black holes include singularity, abyss, vortex, dark star, death star, and collapse star. These names reflect the eerie and ominous nature of these celestial bodies. While black holes cannot be directly observed, their effects on surrounding matter offer clues as to their existence and behavior. Black holes remain an area of active research and remain one of the most interesting phenomena in our universe.

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What are the hypernyms for Black holes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Black holes

  • The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.
    Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
  • It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
    Stephen Hawking
  • Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit.
    Brian May
  • Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever.
    Robert Nozick
  • I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.
    Edward Witten

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