Black holes as batteries: Could humanity ever harness the energy of these cosmic titans?

Black holes can be responsible for the most energetic phenomena in the known universe.

The energy that could theoretically be extracted from black holes is the kinetic energy that keeps them rotating.

As they spin, the immense gravitational influence of Kerr black holes drag the very fabric of space around with them in a process called "frame-dragging" Black holes are capable of spinning at speeds close to the speed of light in a vacuum.

Scientists say it is possible to harness energy from black holes by harnessing radiation from quasars or microquasars.

The easiest way to extract energy from a black hole would be to harness thermal energy from rotation, not rotational energy.

Such a feat would only be achievable by an incredibly advanced civilization.

The closest supermassive black hole to us is Sagittarius A

(Sgr A

), located at the heart of the Milky Way.

Pinochet will continue to use black holes and the phenomenon associated with them as educational tools by delving next into the work of Stephen Hawking .

"I study black holes for the intellectual pleasure it gives me, and because it instils a sense of profound humility in the face of the grandeur of the cosmos," he said.