Black hole (phenomenon)

This article is about the astronomical feature. For the robophobic drinking establishment, see Black Hole Bar and Grill.

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A black hole is a star that has collapsed in on itself, becoming so dense that neither matter nor light can escape its immense gravityQuintesson scientist, "The Killing Jar"

A black hole is an astronomical feature that occurs when a massive star collapses into an extremely small singularity so dense than not even light can escape its gravitational field.

Transformers have encountered black holes on a number of occasions and they have frequently been shown to function as portals between alternate universes.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Generation 1 toy bios & packaging blurbs

Megatron can tap into a black hole and draw on antimatter within it as a weapon. He rarely does this because, dude, it's throwing antimatter around.

Optimus Prime journeyed into a black hole to discover Nucleon. His Powermaster body was outfitted with a phase modulation shield to accomplish this.

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

A Quintesson ship with a captured Autobot, Decepticon, human, and Junkion aboard passed through a black to a negative universe where the color spectrum was reversed. On the opposite side was a "white hole" through which they returned. The Killing Jar

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

BlackZarak used magnetism to harness the power of black holes, and used one to trap Grand Maximus. God Ginrai later found himself trapped in the same hole. They escaped by combining their Chōkon Power and blasting the singularity at the heart of the black hole. BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The planet Antilla orbited a black hole. During Onyx Prime's attack on Parvus Oppidum, the Prime displayed the ability to seemingly control the singularity. The memory of the black hole would forever haunt Pyra Magna. Ghost Stories Former servant of Onyx and sleeper agent, Blackrock would later remember a world of rust and infinite darkness. Lagrange Centurion had similar memories of "the sun shining black" Unification Day: Dawn above his homeworld. Unification Day: Dusk

During the Great War, Megatron attempted to establish a remote link with a black hole so he could mine antimatter as a weapon. Chaos Theory Part 1 Do Not Go Gentle Though he failed to do so, an urban legend of him possessing this ability nonetheless sprung up. Chaos Theory Part 1

Upon Metrotitan's return to Crystal City, the interaction of protons and anti-protons threthened to turn Cybertron into a fireball before the entire solar system would turn into a supermassive black hole. A destructive level of 0.6 Brainstorms. Primus: All Good Things

The destruction of the time drive caused it to collapse into a black hole which expanded outward and consumed Crystal City. ...And the Damage Done The singularity still had the mass of the city but simply spread out over zero distance. Ironhide often sat and observed it whilst going through an existential crisis. The recently repaired Wheeljack caught up with Ironhide at the black hole and explained some of its properties. The World of Tomorrow

After swallowing Whirl's arm, Towards Peace Megatron used it as an anchor to try and establish a permanent link to the black hole. He succeeded and was able to use its antimatter as a destructive weapon. Do Not Go Gentle

Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Pyra Magna sought out the Crystal City singularity. Ghost Stories Optimus Prime and Aileron later visited it where Optimus explained that an electromagnetic field prevented its growth and not "a Prime thing" though it was likely responsible for the Sea of Rust's bad weather conditions. Lagrange Optimus Prime and Pyra Magna later made a tentative peace outside the same singularity. Ghost Stories

When Merklynn activated the Talisman within Cybertron, nearly half of the planet's energon reserves were sent off into space in the form of a communication signal that struck a planet orbiting a black hole. A planet called Unicron. First Strike #6

Robots in Disguise (2001) toy bios

The bounty hunter Axer traveled from another dimension into this one through a black hole.

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

After Optimus Prime returned, the Autobots were heading right towards a black hole that transported them to another planet. Red Alert and Hot Shot were sucked in the hole and they were on a mysterious planet. Puppet

Cybertron cartoon

Unicron's destruction created an especially large black hole which threatened to destroy the multiverse. Fallen The black hole destroyed anything that got near it. Red Alert tried to destroy the black hole using a gravitron grid, but it didn't work. Hidden Optimus Prime with the help of Vector Prime destroyed the black hole using the Cyber Planet Keys. End

Revenge of the Fallen Battle Bios

Devastator's Vortex Grinder weapon generates artificial black holes which draw in nearby objects to be crushed.

Animated cartoon

General Sideways, when captured by the Autobots and being transported by the crew of The Axalon, broke free and sabotaged the ship, plunging it into the depths of a black hole. The AllSpark Almanac II According to one version of Sideways (who was a known liar), he used it to slingshot to the Tyran Cluster and expressed disinterest in wondering where the crew might have ended up. Ask Sideways, 2015/07/08

Aligned novels

The Requiem Blaster works by drawing power from the gravity of a black hole, a quasar's sound waves, or a supernova's thermal energy (whichever is closer). Exiles