Black holes are so bizarre, they sound unreal. Yet astronomers have found good evidence they exist. Test your knowledge of these wacky wonders.
1. The point thought to represent the center of a black hole is known as a:
Ans:- Singularity
2. The Chandrasekhar limit is:
Ans:- The maxiumum mass a white dwarf star can contain without becoming a neutron star or black hole
3. General relativity predicts that black holes have:
Ans:- Infinite density
4. When stars die, they become black holes if they have masses of at least:
Ans:- Three times the mass of the sun
5. Every object has a radius within which its mass, if condensed, would require a gravitational escape speed equal to the speed of light. This radius is called:
Ans:- The Schwarzschild radius
6. The object thought to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is known as:
Ans:- Sagittarius A*
7. Quasars are distant galaxies whose central regions are thought to contain:
Ans:- A black hole that is both supermassive and active
8. If the sun was spontaneously replaced by a black hole of equal mass, Earth would get sucked in. Is it True/False
Ans:- False
9. The even horizon of a black hole represents:
Ans:- The boundary beyond which nothing can escape
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