General Astronomy

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General Astronomy

From Einstein To M-Theory

James Miller

In 1865 James Clerk Maxwell formulated a field theory of electromagnetism, and in 1915 Albert Einstein published his field theory of gravitation. The last three decades of Einstein‘s life was then consumed with trying to …

Artist's impression of a black hole bending light and space-time
Astronomy Lists

Top 10 Facts About Black Holes

James Miller

Of all the strange objects discovered in the Universe, black holes remain among the most mysterious. These extraordinary regions of space contain so much mass concentrated into such a small area that their gravity can …