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theory of black hole
John Michell had a theory of something in space to "scoop" up large mass's of space faster than the speed of light -
prediction
Simon Pierre LaPlace Predicted the existence of black holes. -
people did not accept the black hole theory
Sir Arthur Eddington Relativity expert, along with Einstein did not accept the black hole theory -
Helped people understand what a black hole was
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar expert in hite dwarfs that led to an understanding of mass and limits that decide a star will die as a white dwarf neutron star or black hole -
Supernovae
When giant stars reach the final stages of their lives they often detonate in cataclysms known as supernovae -
how large is the black hole?
Many black holes exist in binary star systems. These holes may continually pull mass from other stars, making the black hole bigger and shrinking the other star, until the black hole is large and the other star has completely disapeared. -
A black holes light
The star's own light becomes trapped in orbit, and the dark star becomes known as a black hole -
the name was invented
John Wheeler came up with the name "black hole" -
first black hole spotted
Cygnus X - 1 The first good black hole that astronomers found. It emits x-rays and its companion is smaller than earth but has a mass greater than that of a nuetron star. -
Where are they located?
Extremely large black holes may exist at the center of some galaxies, including our own Milky Way. -
Looking at the black hole
Hubble Space Telescope Provides the best evidence to date of the black holes that lurk in the center of some galaxies. The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) revealed large figures orbiting these galaxies.This suggested a huge mass inside a very small region. -
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star goes into black hole
The black hole at the milkyway spits out 99% of what it eats.
