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^ A stellar black hole is formed when a massive star experiences a gravitational collapse.
Types of Black Holes
-If the mass of the collapsing star is below a certain value, it will turn into either a white dwarf or neutron star. If the mass is above the certain value, the star will keep collapsing on itself forever, creating a stellar black hole. -The creation of a stellar black hole is observed as either a supernova or a gamma ray burst.
^Cool video about Supermassive Black Holes.
A supermassive black hole is the largest type of black hole. It's event horizon is significantly weaker than that of a stellar black hole's.
There are a few common ways that supermassive black holes are formed: - The consumption of matter and other stars by a stellar black hole - A large gas cloud collapsing into a relativistic star of hundreds of thousands of solar masses. It then becomes unstable and collapses without a supernova explosion. - The supermassive black hole is a large primordial black hole.
^A primordial black hole, in theory, is a black hole created from the after effects of the big bang. The built up pressure compressed and made a black hole.
In order to be completely trapped in a supermassive black hole, You must be almost at the center of it.
Sources: -Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes)
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/active/smblack.html
