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Black Holes & Their Weirdest Things Found in Spa ...

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    A review that covers things learned during the 2nd lesson in the Weirdest Things Found in Space class. https://outschool.com/classes/weirdest-things-found-in-space-sp-anYbWxSz?usid
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  • True/False: A black hole is a tiny place in space that has a lot of mass, and therefore, a lot of gravity.
    True
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  • True/False: A black hole is black because it is dark in space.
    False-It is black because its gravity pulls in everything and doesn't allow it to escape, including light.
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  • True/False: Once pulled into the Event Horizon, nothing can escape a black hole.
    True...at least as far as we know!
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  • True/False: Quasars are the same thing as black holes.
    False
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  • True/False: Quasars happen when a black hole is super massive and eating a lot.
    True
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  • True/False: Quasars are an accretion disk that has grown to a massive size and is extremely bright.
    True
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  • True/False: Quasars are not very bright.
    False-they can be brighter than entire galaxies.
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  • True/False: The largest black hole discovered at this point is Tony 123
    False-It is Ton-618
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  • True/False: Ton-618 is very far away from Earth.
    True-about 10 to 18 billion light-years away.
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  • True/False: Ton-618 is 2 times larger than our Milky Way Galaxy.
    True
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  • True/False: Ton-618 cannot outshine our Sun.
    False-It is more the 140 trillion times brighter than our Sun.
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  • True/False: Holmberg 15A is a small black hole.
    False-it is one of the biggest.
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  • True/False: Holmberg 15A is about 700 million light-years from Earth.
    True
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  • True/False: Holmberg 15A is located in a galaxy cluster of over 500 galaxies.
    True
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  • True/False: Holmberg 15A is so bright it outshines all the galaxies around it.
    True
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