event horizon

noun

: the surface of a black hole : the boundary of a black hole beyond which nothing can escape from within it

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Recent Examples on the Web Some models even map the electron behavior to the physics of event horizons around black holes. —

Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 The alternate simulation shows a viewer orbiting close to the event horizon but escaping to safety before ever crossing it. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024 In the meantime, simulations released Monday instead simply imagine what a person may see while plummeting toward a black hole's event horizon to their inevitable death. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024 The simulated black hole's event horizon is about 16 million miles wide, and viewers will see a large flat cloud of hot gas and glowing structures called photon rings. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for event horizon

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