What Are the Hottest Places in the Universe?

Imagine a fire so hot, it could melt the strongest metal. That’s like what happens near black holes. They are like giant cosmic vacuums that pull everything toward them. When matter falls into a black hole, it gets super heated and shines brightly. The hotter spots in space are where this happens most, near really big black holes or inside tiny, dense stars called neutron stars.

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  1. A black hole pulls in a star, heating it up so much that it glows like the sun.
  2. Imagine stepping on a neutron star, you’d feel its heat more than its gravity.
  3. The hot stuff near black holes is like a giant cosmic fireball.

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