Word by Word Definitions. icingplay. : a sweet flavored usually creamy mixture used to coat baked goods (such as cupcakes) âcalled also frosting. : an illegal act by an ice hockey player of shooting a puck from within the defensive zone or defensive half of the rink beyond the opponents' goal line but not into the goal.
A study suggested that there are 100 million black holes in the Milky Way Galaxy, but X-ray observations have only found dozens so far. Most of the black holes may be âdarkâ and difficult to see directly at any wavelength.
Some think that black holes are like cosmic vacuums that suck in the space around them when, in fact, black holes are like any other object in space, albeit with a very strong gravitational field. If you replaced the sun with a black hole of equal mass, the Earth would not get sucked in â it would continue orbiting the black hole as it orbits the sun, today.