What's inside Real Black Holes?
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Q. What's inside Real Black Holes?
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A. Enormously-condensed matter rotating at enormously high speeds.
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Q. How are black holes created?
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A. Smaller black holes are left behind when large stars come to the end of their lives, and blow off most of their outer parts.
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Q. And larger ones?
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A. Super-massive black holes accumulate at the centres of galaxies, as they suck in material from their galactic discs.
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Q. What's the nature of the matter in black holes?
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A. It's not known for sure, but the matter may be condensed-neutron stuff such as in neutron stars.
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Q. But aren't black holes much denser than neutron stars?
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A. Yes. But mass and energy are interchangeable at extreme conditions, and much of a black hole's mass may lie in its rotational energy.
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Q. Where is there more detail on this?
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