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#536 - Dr Becky Smethurst - The Secret World Of Black Holes

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Is a Neutron Star a Black Hole?

A neutron star is kind of like the baby sibling of a Black Hole, or for all the Pokemon bands out there. If you add enough stuff to a neutron star, it eventually becomes a Black Hole. And so yes, Black Holes do spin because they start life as either stars or neutron stars. So a spinning Black Hole is definitely something that we see in the universe when we observe them.

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