What Is a Black Hole Actually Doing to Space?

Black holes are like giant cosmic magnets that stretch and squish the space around them. Imagine a trampoline, if you drop a heavy ball in the center, it makes a big dip. A black hole does something similar to space, making everything near it swirl around like water going down a drain.

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  1. A black hole is like a giant cosmic drain, it pulls everything in and stretches space around it, similar to how a trampoline bends under a heavy ball.

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