1.
Thought black holes create themselves from nothing (maybe)
2. Thought black holes are empty space or are holes in space
3.
Thought black holes always existed; they are not formed from stars
4.
Thought that all black holes formed from stars
5. Thought black holes were caused by anti-matter
6. Thought all exploding stars became black holes
7. Thought
black holes are caused by chemicals used by humans
-can use #1, #3, #5, #8
8.
Thought black holes form from gas
1. Thought black holes are like a vacuum, sucking things in
2. Thought black holes are bottomless pits
3. Thought black holes are doors to other dimensions
4. Thought we could live in a voyage through a black hole
5. Thought we can travel through time in a black hole
6. Thought a single black hole will eventually suck in all matter in the universe
7. Thought black holes are doorways to other worlds (#10 and #16)
8. Thought objects entering a black hole remain intact (#9)
9. Thought objects entering a black hole evaporate (#8)
10. Thought black holes lead to another galaxy (#7 and #16)
11. Thought black holes expand (maybe)
12. Thought black holes increase in mass
13. Thought black holes don't affect time (#15)
14. Thought Quasars, Pulsars, and Novae are the result of stars being sucked into a black hole
15. Thought a black hole could make time go backwards (#13)
16. Thought black holes "lead somewhere"
1. Thought black holes last forever
2. Thought black holes didn't exist
3. Thought black holes can be seen visually
4. Thought we can't detect a black hole
5. Thought black holes didn't have mass
6. Thought black holes get bigger forever and nothing can stop them from doing so
7. Thought black holes can only be entered from one "side" (similar to funnel concept)
8. Thought black holes are two-dimensional tunnels, funnels, tornados, or whirlpools that you have to face to see
9. Thought that time is same for people inside and outside black holes
10. Thought black holes are physically larger than they actually are
11. Thought there is only one "kind" or type of black hole
12. Thought black holes don't emit particles
13. Thought black holes have solid surfaces
14. Thought the more mass a black hole has, the faster it disappears
15. Thought black holes have no measurable properties
16. Thought black holes never disappear
17. Thought black holes are black
18. Thought black holes could not rotate
19. Thought black holes are empty dark spaces
Thought black holes were 2D (7 and 8 for properties)
20. Thought all black holes rotate
21. Thought black holes are actually holes
22. Thought black holes exist on planets
23. Thought black holes are dense stars
24. Thought all black holes have a point singularity
25.
Thought black holes can be seen in the night sky
26. Thought a black hole contains infinite matter
1. Thought black holes are places that bad children are sent for punishment
2. Thought black holes are places where the souls of fallen angles are sent
3. Thought black holes are places where the spirits of children reside for whom souls are not available
4. Thought the event horizon is the gate to hell (from the movie Event Horizon)
1. Thought there is only one black hole: The Black Hole
2. Thought black holes exist only in other galaxies
4. Thought the gravity of a black hole would be stronger than when the object was a star
5. Thought the Milky Way Galaxy could contain no black holes
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