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Naked singularity

Hypothetical phenomenon

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Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet

Wager over the solution to the black hole information paradox

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Penrose process

Hypothetical mechanism for extracting energy from rotating black holes

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Spaghettification

Phenomenon in astrophysics

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Ring singularity

Gravitational singularity of a rotating black hole

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Rotating black hole

Black hole which possesses angular momentum

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CENBOL

Region of an accretion flow around a black hole

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Black brane

Generalization of a black hole to higher dimensions

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Membrane paradigm

Approach to black hole quantum effects

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Sonic black hole

Acoustic analogue of a black hole in which sound plays the role of light

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Immirzi parameter

Numerical coefficient in loop quantum gravity

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Blandford–Znajek process

Explanation for how quasars are powered

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Schwarzschild radius

Radius of the event horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole

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Micro black hole

Hypothetical black holes of very small size

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Extremal black hole

Scientific theory

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Black hole information paradox

Puzzle of disappearance of information in a black hole

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Ergosphere

Region outside of a rotating black hole's event horizon

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Primordial black hole

Hypothetical black hole formed soon after the Big Bang

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