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Article: BLACK HOLES ARE KINGS OF UNIVERSE
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- January 21, 1995
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NATURE
Ever owned an old car that was always on the fritz? If you have, you have an idea of what a black hole is.
Seems no matter how hard to try to keep it running, money for repairs seems to disappear without a trace. An older car or house has a seemingly endless appetite for hard-earned cash.
A black hole in outer space is a sort of cosmic Dick Butkus. Like the legendary Chicago Bear linebacker who swallowed up opposing running backs, nothing can escape the clutches of a black hole.
Scientists have long theorized the existence of black holes in the universe, objects whose massive gravity pulls other matter ...