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Whose theory first described black holes mathematically?

Quick Answer

Karl Schwarzschild produced the first exact solution to Einstein’s equations that described what we now call a black hole. He did this in 1916, while serving in the First World War.

The Full Story

In 1916, Karl Schwarzschild found a solution to Albert Einstein’s general relativity equations for the space around a spherical mass. The solution implied an object so dense that not even light could escape if compressed within a critical radius. Although the term “black hole” came much later, Schwarzschild’s result was the first mathematical description of the phenomenon. His work remains fundamental to relativistic astronomy.

Key Facts

1.Solution found in 1916

2.It was the first black hole solution

3.The critical boundary is called the Schwarzschild radius

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