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Naked Singularity - Illustration

author: Mondolithic Studios/Novapix

reference: a-blh01-10002

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 28 cm

In general relativity, a naked singularity is a gravitational singularity without an event horizon. The singularities inside black holes are always surrounded by an area which does not allow light to escape, and therefore cannot be directly observed. A naked singularity, by contrast, is observable from the outside.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - BLACK HOLE - COSMOLOGY - GRAVITY - ILLUSTRATION - NAKED SINGULARITY - SPACETIME -