What exactly IS a black hole

With all the excitement surrounding the new Star Wars movie, it is a big day for lovers of science fiction. But how much does the average person really understand about beaming up; phasers and photons; wormholes and warp drive? How powerful are these fantasies compared to the real thing? If theories of their existence are true, black holes are the most powerful force in the known physical universe; however, do they even exist? Most scientists …

…ideas for many years to come. Works Cited Chaisson, Eric. Relatively Speaking: Relativity, Black Holes, and the Fate of the Universe. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1988 Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. New York: Bantam Books, 1988 Online. Internet. Black Holes; Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.csvrgs.k12.va.us/Courses/IntroTech/pages/blackholes.html Interview on IRC (Internet Relay Chat): Hetche, Peter. Junior, University of Georgia