Planets orbiting Black holes

 

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The first planets we learn about as children are the ones in our solar system. So as children, a concept is developed that planets orbit around stars no matter how big or small. But planets can exist without stars, rogue planets are planets that wander through the cosmos without a star. Such planets are hard to spot as they are not illuminated by a star. But they can be found using infrared light and according to some estimates there could be billions of them in our galaxy alone.

I thought that was amazing but for the past few days I have been reading posts about planets that may be orbiting black holes, even super massive black holes. Now when we think about black holes it is hard to imagine a planet orbiting it safely. If that is the case then what would such a planet be like and could it be potentially habitable? Also, what about time dilation on such planets? We may never get the answer to these questions during our lifetime, but I hope that we do, so we can only speculate and that might be a good thing because that will drive some of us to finally uncover these secrets. 

Whatever the truth may be one thing is certain, no matter how much we use our imagination the universe proves that it is much more wondrous. But who knows what tomorrow or the day after will bring because we have a powerful tool called science.

Please give your thoughts in the comments section as I would really appreciate your valuable input.