black hole
noun
1
: a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
2
: something resembling a black hole: such as
a
: something that consumes a resource continually
a financial black hole
b
: an empty space : void
… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—
David Herman
David Herman
c
: a dark and seemingly inescapable state or situation
the black hole of depression
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Others thought that the shepherd was actually a small black hole instead of a giant planet.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy.
—Will Dunham, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy.
—Will Dunham, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hole. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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