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Black holes in fiction

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/black-holes-in-fiction

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What are black holes in stories?

  2. 2. Why do black holes first appear as scary vacuum cleaners in early books?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Singularity

  • Time Dilation

  • Information Paradox

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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