You may have heard someone say, "My desk has become a black hole!" You may have seen an astronomy program on television or read a magazine article on black holes. These exotic objects have captured our imagination ever since they were predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity in 1915.
 Photo courtesy NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute (J. Gitlin, artist) Artist concept of the near vicinity of the black hole at the core of galaxy NGC 4261. See more black hole images. |
What are black holes? Do they really exist? How can we find them? In this article, we will examine black holes and answer all of these questions!
