Black holes devoured celestial matter.

Meaning: The black holes pulled in and absorbed matter from the surrounding space.

Choice of Words: Black holes: regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Devoured: ate or consumed hungrily. Celestial matter: objects in space, such as stars and planets.

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Black holes sucked up stuff in space.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how black holes pull in and eat up other things in space, but it uses different words to say the same thing.

Choice of Words: Sucked up is another way of saying "devoured," which means to eat or swallow something up. Stuff is a general word for things. In space tells us where the stuff is located. So, when we say "Black holes sucked up stuff in space," we mean that black holes pulled in and swallowed up other things that were floating around in space.

Black holes ate space stuff.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the other two sentences, but it uses even simpler words to describe how black holes pull in and eat up other things in space.

Choice of Words: Ate is another way of saying "devoured" or "sucked up," which means to eat or swallow something up. Space stuff is a fun way of saying "celestial matter," which is anything that exists in the sky or outer space. So, when we say "Black holes ate space stuff," we mean that black holes pulled in and swallowed up other things that were floating around in space.

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