What makes a black hole black?

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Asher Cohen · Accepted Answer

Light can't escape a black hole's gravitational pull.

First off. Let's point out that black holes are not black, but in fact invisible. In order to see something, light must bounce off of or radiate from that something and into your eyes. In this case, that something is a black hole.

Black holes are formed when a star collapses in on itself, squeezing the majority of the star's mass into a tiny space. Too put it into perspective, imagine our solar system's sun squeezed into a box the size of New York. This is why black holes are so dense.

Because black holes are so dense, they have a very strong gravitational pull. So strong in fact that light can't escape its grasp, pulling the light into the center of the black hole. I will include a picture below of an artist's accurate concept of a black hole approved.

Leah Abbate · Answer

A large mass shrink ed to very small volume have very high surface gravity.

Due to very high surface gravity light can not escape from its surface...So we will not be able to see it;. That is why it is called black hole. large mass makes the space curved around.When this reaches a very high limit the light which have the highest velocity can not escape from the event horizon.

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Luke Allen · Answer

undefined Because of its strong gravitational field, which makes it impossible for light to escape, a black hole appears black. This phenomenon is called gravitational collapse, and it occurs when the escape velocity of a black hole is greater than the speed of light.