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It depends on the mass of the black hole. Typical lifetimes are ten to the power 100 years.
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What is a black holes average life span?
Science at this time can find no end to black holes. They seem to last forever.
Are black holes fundamental in the universe?
Without an early presence of black holes, it is impossible for galaxies to have formed. No galaxies, no heavy elements near Main Sequence Stars. No such elements near stable stars, no rocky planets that have the time to develop life. No life, no observers. So, black holes are "fundamental" in the sense that a Universe without them would be a Universe without anyone to recognize that there were no black holes!
What happens to stars that are black holes?
They will remain as black holes for a long, long time.
Are dead stars black holes?
Yes. They get sucked into black holes all the time!
How do super massive black holes form?
Stellar-mass black holes can form at the end of life of a star when the star's fuel is exhausted. Once the outward pressure from heat is no longer present, the star's matter collapses under the effects of its own gravity; if other outward pressures (degeneracy pressures) are inadequate to prevent the collapse, such as in a more massive star several times heavier than our own Sun, it will continue to collapse downwards and become a black hole.
What is bigger black holes or asteroids?
Black holes. They can be so large that they can suck up universes at a time
Could black holes be time warps?
Black holes do distort time. The closer you get to the event horizon of a black hole, the slower time goes. From the perspective of someone outside, time at the event horizon stops.
When can black holes be found?
At any time.
What can you say about black holes?
Black holes were stars that were so massive that they collapsed on itself. The gravity in black holes is infinite and more you get closer to it, more time gets slower. Black holes suck all matter that is too close. Even light can't escape Black holes.
Can black holes alter time?
Can black holes alter time? Probably... I mean a black hole interfears with time and space... maybe... just maybe.... we could go either to the future or back to the... past.
If black holes warp time and space wouldn't a black hole be the most likely place to find the existence of life other than our own?
As opposed to popular superstition, somewhat due to science fiction novels and movies, black holes do not warp time and space; actually, they are collapsed super-giant stars. Black holes, created when large stars stop producing energy, and the mass becomes so great that the star collapses in on itself. These "collapsed stars", popularly known as black holes, have such immense mass, and therefor gravity, that even light can not escape the gravitational pull. The theoretical traversable worm holes, to which you may be referring, supposedly warp time and space. These may be centers of life in the universe, but this is only theory and none have been found to date. We will never know what life exists around these theoretical holes in time, until we locate and examine one for ourselves.
What do black holes result from?
Usually from the collapse of a massive star. It isn't quite clear how a supermassive black hole is created; it is possible that it also starts as a stellar black hole (a hole resulting from the collapse of a star), but it isn't quite clear how such a black hole can get so huge in a relatively short time.Usually from the collapse of a massive star. It isn't quite clear how a supermassive black hole is created; it is possible that it also starts as a stellar black hole (a hole resulting from the collapse of a star), but it isn't quite clear how such a black hole can get so huge in a relatively short time.Usually from the collapse of a massive star. It isn't quite clear how a supermassive black hole is created; it is possible that it also starts as a stellar black hole (a hole resulting from the collapse of a star), but it isn't quite clear how such a black hole can get so huge in a relatively short time.Usually from the collapse of a massive star. It isn't quite clear how a supermassive black hole is created; it is possible that it also starts as a stellar black hole (a hole resulting from the collapse of a star), but it isn't quite clear how such a black hole can get so huge in a relatively short time.
