A Black Hole is the result of a dead star that's collapsed in on itself and shrunk to just a tiny fraction of its original size, becoming a point in space with infinite density --and gravitational pull from which nothing can escape, even light.

Now imagine what will happen if enough rips in the fabric of space cause so many stars to die out that their individual gravitational fields all start pulling together...

...you got it, a compound black hole with such a strong gravitational field that it leads to universal collapse.

To learn more about Black Holes, White Holes and Worm Holes, visit Ask the Space Scientist

To find a list of Black Holes that have been detected by Earth scientists, click here.

To read a description of a trip into a black hole, click here.

To view a gif movie of falling into a black hole, click here

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