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Where does the name "Black Hole" get it's name?

Where does the name "Black Hole" get it's name?
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Where does the name "Black Hole" get it's name?

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nothing escapes them not even light therefore they are (dark) and we see them be literally black holes
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The "Black Hole" gets its name from the astronomical amount of gravitational force created by the black hole. This gravitational force is so great that even light cannot escape it, hence, it is completely black
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