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1783: John Michell (1724 - 1793), English natural philosopher and geologist: in a letter written to Henry Cavendish suggested the idea of a body so massive that even light could not escape.

1796: Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749 - 1827), French mathematician and astronomer: promoted the same idea as Michell's in his book Exposition du système du Monde.

1915: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), German-American theoretical physicist: developed his theory of general relativity, having earlier shown that gravity does influence light's motion.

1916: Karl Schwarzschild (1873 - 1916), German physicist: provided the first modern solution of general relativity that would characterize a black hole.

1924: Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944), British astrophysicist: showed that the singularity in Einstein equations disappeared after a change of coordinates.

1939: Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), American theoretical physicist: predicted (with others) that neutron stars above approximately three solar masses would collapse into black holes.

1958: David Finkelstein (1929 - ), American physicist: identified the Schwarzschild surface as an event horizon extending the Schwarzschild solution for the future of observers falling into a black hole.

1963: Roy Kerr (1934 - ), New Zealand mathematician: found the exact solution for a rotating black hole.

1965: Ezra Newman (1929 - ), American physicist: found the axisymmetric solution for a black hole that is both rotating and electrically charged

1970s: James Bardeen (1939 - ), American physicist, Jacob Bekenstein (1947 - ), Israeli theoretical physicist, Brandon Carter (1942 - ), Australian theoretical physicist, and Stephen Hawking: led to the formulation of black hole thermodynamics.

1974: Stephen Hawking (1942 - ), British theoretical physicist and cosmologist: showed that black holes are not entirely black but emit small amounts of thermal radiation what has become known as Hawking radiation.


Black Holes for Kids
Black Holes - Astronomy For Kids
What are Black Holes Anyway? - NASA
Black Holes In Our Solar Sytem - easyscienceforkids.com
Black Holes for Kids
Black Holes - National Geographic
Black Holes Fast Facts - Kids Konnect
Our Universe: Black Holes - ESA Kids
Black Holes Basics - Cosmos4Kids.com
StarChild: Black Holes - NASA

Basics for Beginners
Black Holes and Quasars
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Black hole basics - wiredcosmos.com
Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull - HubbleSite
Introduction to Black Holes - NASA
In Our Time, Black Holes (listen) - BBC

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Black Holes FAQ
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How is a black hole created? - hubblesite.org
Ask an Astrophysicist: Black Holes - NASA
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Black Holes
FAQs about BLACK HOLES at the Astronomy Cafe
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Black Holes - Usenet Physics FAQ

General Black Holes Resources
Black hole - Wikipedia
How Black Holes Work - HowStuffWorks
Black Holes - Mike Guidry
Black Holes and Beyond - The University of Illinois
Black Holes - University of Cambridge
Singularities and Black Holes - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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