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"Good evening, class! Today we will be studying one of my favourite subjects. That is, Black Holes and Wormholes! Let us begin."
Professor Sinistra to Astronomy students[src]
Black Holes and Wormholes HM

A black hole and a wormhole

A black hole is a region of spacetime featuring a gravitational field so strong that not even light can escape. They are the product of extremely massive stars collapsing into points dense enough to warp the fabric of spacetime.[1]

History[]

Stephen Hawking wrote about black holes in his book A Brief History of Time.[2] Professor Aurora Sinistra taught her seventh-year Astronomy students about black holes, along with wormholes, during the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[3]

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Notes and references[]

  1. Black hole on Wikipedia
  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron) (see this image and this image)
  3. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 38 (Tensions Rise) - Astronomy Lesson "Black Holes and Wormholes"
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