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2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes – an astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries

A black hole is an object so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light. They are formed when stars die and start collapsing under their own weight. Deep inside the black hole resides an infinitely hot and dense object, a so-called, singularity. Science Photo Library - MARK GARLICK/Getty Images

A black hole is an object so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light. They are formed when stars die and start collapsing under their own weight. Deep inside the black hole resides an infinitely hot and dense object, a so-called, singularity. Science Photo Library – MARK GARLICK/Getty Images Gaurav Khanna, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Black …

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