black hole
Light cannot escape
A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so intense that nothing—not even light—can escape.
Black holes form when massive stars collapse.
Figuratively, a black hole is anything that consumes resources without return: My car has become a money black hole.
To go down a black hole is to disappear or become absorbed in something endlessly: I went down a Wikipedia black hole last night.
Point where values explode
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- quasarLuminous active galactic core
- supermassiveExtremely large in scale
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
primordial · gravitational collapse · spaghettification · jets · interstellar · gravitational waves
Distortion of dimensional fabric
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- escape velocitySpeed to overcome gravity
- tidal forcesDifferential gravitational pull across bodies
- gravitational lensingMass distorting light's path
time dilation · mass · orbit · geodesic · general relativity · Einstein · warping · light bending
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- bottomlessHaving no base
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- consumingUsing up entirely
devouring · swallowing · drain · sinkhole · vortex · all-consuming · money pit · time sink
Impossible to notice
- hiddenKept out of sight
- darkAbsence of light
- unseeableImpossible to perceive visually
- shadowLight blocked by object
silhouette · inferred · mysterious · enigmatic · obscured · imperceptible · elusive · shrouded
singularity
Point where values explode
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- quasarLuminous active galactic core
- supermassiveExtremely large in scale
stellar · primordial · gravitational collapse · spaghettification · jets · interstellar · gravitational waves
spacetime curvature
Distortion of dimensional fabric
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- escape velocitySpeed to overcome gravity
- tidal forcesDifferential gravitational pull across bodies
gravitational lensing · time dilation · mass · orbit · geodesic · general relativity · Einstein · warping · light bending · redshift
void
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- bottomlessHaving no base
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
consuming · devouring · swallowing · drain · sinkhole · vortex · all-consuming · money pit · time sink · endless
undetectable
Impossible to notice
shadow · silhouette · inferred · mysterious · enigmatic · obscured · imperceptible · elusive · shrouded
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- night skystars, moon, constellations, shooting stars, constellation
- outer spacesun, moon, planet, star system, solar system
- astronomy termseclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, star, meteor shower
- gravitygravity, graviton, gravity well, gravitational pull, gravity wave
- scientific phrasesbig bang, natural selection, climate change, genetic code, cell division
black holewhite hole
Ejecting singularity, theoretical opposite
quasar · star · sun · supernova · dark energy
black holecash cow
Dependable income source
wellspring · cornucopia · profit center · gold mine · goldmine