In our last Aerospace camp,
as we were exploring space and Blackhole, a child asked me that question.
A Black hole is created in our universe when a massive star dies;
a star 5 – 30 times the mass of our Sun. Black hole has such an immense pull of
gravity that nothing escapes it, not even light. So anything that comes too
close to it, gets gobbled up! How close is too close? About the distance
between Earth and the Sun, 93 million miles. Our Solar System seems to be in a
quieter neighborhood of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Scientists and
Astrophysicists have not discovered any black holes in that vicinity.
There is, however, a Super Massive Black hole (SMB) at the center
of the Milky Way. The SMB is 4 million times the mass of the Sun. Its gravity
can influence objects as far as a million miles away. Thankfully, our Solar
System is far enough to be safe from this cosmic hot zone.
Metaphorically, if after multiple efforts we don’t see the
results, it may seem like our efforts are going into a black hole. All of us
have a special attribute to escape this black hole: perseverance.
Remember, the only angle from which to approach a
problem is the try-angle …
