Astronomers Detect Black Hole
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Maryland
- Date: 1994
Article abstract: Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to find evidence for the existence of a black hole in the center of galaxy M87.
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A black hole is a region of space where the force of gravity is so strong that no matter, light, or communication of any kind can escape. Details of the structure of a black hole are calculated from Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and from other more recent theories of gravity. The existence of black holes was predicted in 1916 by German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, who used...
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