SMRTR TechJun 29, 2026Interesting Engineering

Think you know black holes? These 7 facts might surprise you

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Black holes bend space, time, and our assumptions. They don't constantly consume matter, can spin near light speed, and indirectly power the universe's brightest quasars. Even their images required an Earth-sized telescope. Most surprisingly, they slowly evaporate over unimaginably vast timescales through Hawking radiation — they're not eternal after all.

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