2007-10-30 20:46:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Einstein's relativity proved their existence, but it was Oppenheimer who first came up with the idea and physics behind the Black Hole in 1939, with the help of Hartland Snyder.
The first black hole believed to be discovered in the physical world, as opposed to the mathematical world of pencil and paper, was Cygnus X-1, about 7,000 light-years from Earth. (A light-year, the distance light travels in a year, is about six trillion miles.) Cygnus X-1 was found in 1970.
That's well before the time of Hawking. Hawking is famous for Hawking Radiation (how a Black Hole dissipates) and much of the advanced theory and math behind them.
Wayne
2007-10-30 20:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it was a student of Einstein,
[Schwartzschild (Sp.?)], who first proposed that
a gravitational field could exist from which
light could not escape.
The original idea goes pretty far back, though
a lot of theorizing has been added.
2007-10-31 09:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oppenheimer.
2007-10-31 01:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawking, from this article. It may be Stephen Hawking
2007-10-30 20:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by Ginger 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stephen Hawking i suppose.
2007-10-30 20:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stephen Hawkin, for sure!
2007-10-30 20:50:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mahesh D 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋