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event horizon
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An event horizon is the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing—not even light—can escape once it crosses over. It matters because it marks the point of no return in space, helping us understand the extreme physics near black holes and the limits of what we can observe in the universe.
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- Instance of
- hypersurface
- Subclass of
- horizon
- Image
- Ergosphere of a rotating black hole.svg
- Said to be same as
- Schwarzschild radius
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