Submitted by zAev7C2WHP in Physics

Let me begin with I'm not an astrophysicist. I know not of the inner working of black holes or its mechanisms. I do, however, know some brief history of them.

A few researchers behind the discovery of black holes:

  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar : Theorist who thought stars could become super-massive, more so than neutron stars.
  • Yakov Zeldovich: Using X-rays from clouds of gas near a black hole, the gas was measured to accelerate near light speeds.
  • Riccardo Giacconi: Used Zeldovich's theory with photographic plates to verify black holes.

Einstein, of course, had his Special and General Relativity theories that were heavily based on for further theories.

From this, the Twin Paradox spawned. For the time dilation equation that goes with it, click here

It's great to know a little bit of history to know how such a photograph came along, and it's best to not memory hole this feat along with others that have been buried in the last decade.

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