Why Do Black Holes Shine So Brightly?

Black holes aren’t always dark, sometimes, they shine very brightly. It's like a vacuum cleaner that’s also a flashlight. When stars or gas fall into the black hole, they get super hot and start glowing like a fire in the night. This bright light comes from something called an accretion disk, which is like a swirling ring of fire around the black hole.

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  1. A black hole is like a vacuum cleaner glowing from the inside because it’s eating stars.
  2. When gas falls into a black hole, it gets so hot it shines bright in space.
  3. The glowing ring around a black hole looks like a fiery wheel of fire.

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