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As far as I know, nobody has ever been eaten by a black hole, but there is compelling evidence to suggest that black holes in the universe routinely dine upon wayward stars and unsuspecting gas clouds. As a cloud approaches a black hole, it hardly ever falls straight in….a gas cloud is typically drawn into orbit before it spirals to its destruction.
—“Death by Black Hole,”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Which of the following best describes the central idea of this passage?
why a human body has never been consumed by a black hole
how a black hole consumes matter such as gas clouds
how astronomers discovered the existence of black holes
why a gas cloud hardly ever falls straight into a black hole
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how a black hole consumes matter such as gas clouds
The passage explains that black holes "routinely dine upon" stars and gas clouds and describes the process—clouds are drawn into orbit and then spiral in—so it’s about how black holes consume matter.
The passage explains that black holes "routinely dine upon" stars and gas clouds and describes the process—clouds are drawn into orbit and then spiral in—so it’s about how black holes consume matter.
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