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There are many curious things in our universe, but black holes must be among the most curious. You cannot see them, you cannot hear them, you cannot feel them, and if you ever meet one, you won’t be able to tell anyone about it afterwards. In fact, there will be no afterwards for you. So a black hole is one of those rooms in our universe that you should never even think of entering.
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day. If your snark be a Boojum! For then you will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!
Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark
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Satz, H. (2013). The Secret Glow of Black Holes. In: Ultimate Horizons. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41657-6_3
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