Black hole
How Do Black Holes Form?
Primordial black holes are thought to have formed in the early universe, soon after the big bang
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are theorized to have formed in the first second of the Big Bang
from the collapse of dense regions in the universe:
Formation
The collapse of large-amplitude perturbations on small scales is the most widely studied
mechanism for PBH formation. These perturbations are thought to have originated during inflation, a
period of accelerated expansion in the early universe.
Mass
PBHs could have masses ranging from 100,000 times less than a paperclip to 100,000 times more
than the Sun.
Stellar black holes form when the centre of a very massive star collapses in upon itself. This
collapse also causes a supernova, or an exploding star, that blasts part of the star into space.
It is believed that stellar black holes (BHs) can be formed in two different ways: Either a
massive star collapses directly into a BH without a supernova (SN) explosion, or an explosion
occurs in a proto-neutron star, but the energy is too low to completely unbind the stellar
envelope, and a large fraction of it falls back onto the short-lived neutron star (NS), leading
to the delayed formation of a BH.
Scientists think supermassive black holes formed at the same time as the galaxy they are in. The
size of the supermassive black hole is related to the size and mass of the galaxy it is in
What is a black hole?
A black hole is a region of spacetime wherein gravity is so strong that no matter light
or electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can escape
it.[2] Albert Einstein's theory of general
relativity predicts that a sufficiently
compact mass can deform spacetime to form a
black hole.[3][4] The boundary of no escape is called
the event horizon. A black hole has a great effect
on fte and circumstances of an object crossing it,
but it has no locally detectable features according
to general relativity
