Mostly by theory and computer simulation. All observations are necessarily indirect.
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People know what black holes can do because of the aftermath. Stars and planets have been completely destroyed.
No. The nearest known black holes are many light-years away. Everything we know - everything we THINK we know - about black holes is theoretical. Guesswork.
Black holes will help us know more about how things grow, live and die. Rod's answer ; Black holes help us to know that if we don't ask Jesus into our hearts before we die, we will be in one forever. Just finishing my book showing the similarities between black holes and Hell and the Lake of Fire. No joke. God's out there for real!
No, black holes are a matter of science and it is very unlikely that the ancient Greeks or Romans observed the anomaly or studied it to later tell in myths we know.
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Black holes could be dangerous to people if people were close to a black hole, but there are no black holes near the planet Earth (as far as we know) and the closest one is probably in the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which is about 80,000 light years from Earth, which is a safe distance.
People know what black holes can do because of the aftermath. Stars and planets have been completely destroyed.
Scientists can detect black holes by using x-rays and gamma rays. Black holes still can release matter, and black holes give off a lot off x and gamma rays.
Why am *I* safe from black holes? Because the nearest one from my planet is 1600 light years away. I don't know if that means YOU are safe from black holes -- I don't know the distance between your planet and the nearest black hole -- but I know my safety is assured.
The question isn't why learn about black holes but why. The thing is it's just fascinating to learn about them. I mean it can rip anything apart even basic atoms. Now that's a powerful force. I mean some people always wondered what happened to stars. It just so happens that if their big enough they will actually implode then explode in some of the greatest explosions in the universe. Now do you under stand why people like them so much?
Black holes
Most black holes are stellar mass black holes with masses comparable to those of large stars as they form from the collapse of massive stars. Scientists know of the existence of supermassive black holes that are millions to billions of times the mass of our sun and can be found in the centers of most galaxies. Scientists still do not know how these black holes become so massive.
Hey Black Child Do you know who you are Who you really are Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be Hey Black Child Do you know where you are going Where you're really going Do you know you can learn What you want to learn If you try to learn What you can learn Hey Black Child Do you know you are strong I mean really strong Do you know you can do What you want to do If you try to do What you can do Hey Black Child Be what you can be Learn what you must learn Do what you can do And tomorrow your nation Will be what you what it to be ~ Countee Cullen
No, we don't know of any black holes close enough to get to.
No. The nearest known black holes are many light-years away. Everything we know - everything we THINK we know - about black holes is theoretical. Guesswork.
Quite a lot - I have been reading about them regularly.