Why Do Black Holes Have Such a Strong Gravitational Pull?

Imagine you have a trampoline, and it’s really bouncy. If you put a heavy ball in the center of the trampoline, the fabric dips down, that's like gravity. A black hole is like that heavy ball but super dense. It bends spacetime so much that even light gets pulled into it.

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A black hole is like a really heavy ball on a trampoline that pulls everything toward it.
If the Earth were crushed into a marble, you'd feel its pull from miles away.
Even light can't escape if it's too close to a black hole.

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