Astonishing Facts


  • Black holes are formed through a process known as gravitational collapse. When a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel, it undergoes a catastrophic event called a supernova explosion. The outer layers of the star are expelled into space, while the core collapses under its own gravity.

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  • Supermassive black holes are thought to exist at the centers of most galaxies, including our own Milky Way

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  • Our sun is a star!

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  • The sun is 'middle aged' at around 4.6 billion years old. It will continue to undergo stellar evolution and eventually turn into a cold, dark object - but has about 5 billion years left before that happens.

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  • Galaxy Merging: The Milky Way, our home galaxy, will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in about 4 to 5 billion years. However, the spaces between individual stars and planets are so immense that the likelihood of collisions is extremely low.

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  • The universe is 95% dark matter and dark energy !! Everything we can see and study makes up only 5% This means we do not know what 95% of the universe is

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