"In 1915, Einstein proposed a new theory of gravity. Soon, it was discovered that this theory of general relativity has special kinds of solutions that came to be known as black holes. They are distinguished by having singularities (places where gravity becomes so strong that our classical notion of space and time breaks down) as well as event horizons (regions from which even light cannot escape)." - Vishnu Jejjala (Wits). Read more
In this video, Professor Leonard Susskind explains what are black holes:
-
- Active Topics
-
-
- by Eli 19 minutes ago Re: What is in Your Mind? View the latest post Replies 676 Views 273244
- by Eli 36 minutes ago Iran Launches Retaliatory Attack Against Israel View the latest post Replies 19 Views 439
- by Eli 1 hour ago Russia Invades Ukraine View the latest post Replies 646 Views 209996
- by Eli 18 hours ago Programmatically Move Files from One Folder to Another View the latest post Replies 6 Views 1285
- by Forbidden_Technology 2 days ago All in One: YouTube, TED, X, Facebook and Instagram Reels, Videos, Images and Text Posts View the latest post Replies 312 Views 8341
- by Eli 6 days ago Collection of Greatest Christian Hymns of all Times View the latest post Replies 33 Views 43426
- by Eli 1 week ago What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)? View the latest post Replies 2 Views 228
- by Eli 1 week ago Chat With ChatGPT - An Interactive Conversational AI View the latest post Replies 22 Views 24098
- by Eli 2 weeks ago Christian Podcasts View the latest post Replies 5 Views 28599
- by Eli 2 weeks ago Pondering Big Cosmology Questions Through Lectures and Dialogues View the latest post Replies 33 Views 45334
-
What are Black Holes?
-
- Information
-
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests