Index
Adami, Chris, 38–39
binary system, 20
Chandra, 24–25
Cygnus X-1, 15
Einstein, Albert, 6, 10–11, 13–14,
21, 40
event horizon, 13, 38, 40
Event Horizon Telescope, 23
galaxy, 17, 22–25, 29–31
general theory of relativity, 10
gravitational waves, 6–8, 10, 18–20,
32, 42
Hawking, Stephen, 37–40
Hawking radiation, 37–38, 40
Hubble Space Telescope, 17, 22, 24
laser, 18
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-
Wave Observatory (LIGO), 4–8,
18–19, 32, 41–42
Michell, John, 11
Milky Way, 23, 25
nuclear fusion, 12–13
particle jet, 32, 34, 36
Schwarzschild, Karl, 13
singularity, 13, 40
space-time, 6, 10–11, 13, 19, 36, 38
supermassive black hole, 23, 25,
30–31
supernova, 13
Swift, 26
telescope, 8, 19–24, 26–28
wormhole, 40
X-ray, 15, 21, 24–26, 36
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