• Question: Whats the strongest type of black hole?

    Asked by anon-245777 to Sam, Samantha, Nicol, Lori-Ann, Liam, David on 10 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Lori-Ann Foley

      Lori-Ann Foley answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Black holes come in lots of sizes and the bigger the black hole the stronger its pull is. There are tiny black holes which don’t get noticed, then big ones in the centre of galaxies. So they are strong and pull at the stars and matter that circles around them.

    • Photo: David Sobral

      David Sobral answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      The huge ones with billions of times the mass of the Sun that we find in the centre of pretty much every galaxy. When material falls in it gets so so hot that it makes the material shine so bright that they look like stars. It makes those super massive black holes end up producing more light than entire galaxies filled with hundreds of millions of stars! That’s pretty strong to me

    • Photo: Samantha Faircloth

      Samantha Faircloth answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Hi Louie, That’s a fab question! As you know, all black holes are very strong! Like most things, the bigger the black hole the stronger it is. Sometimes, black holes are so strong, passing stars can get sucked in! Just imagine our own Sun being destroyed and how much energy (heat and light) would be involved! : -)

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