Black Hole Trip Links

Black Hole Basics --: Einstein's theory of relativity is related to black holes; what black holes are, how black holes are 'born,' what happens in black holes, how black holes are observed:
archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoles.html
Hubble and Ground Observations of a Black Hole Magnifying Light from a Background Star.: This is how black holes are found! oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/2000/03/content/0003w.jpg.
A Black Hole's Signature.: The spectrum of light streaking around the black hole as a result of the strong gravitational field caused by the black hole. From "Amazing Space." amazing-space.stsci.edu/blackholes/lesson/explain/graphics/stis.jpg.
Hubble Image of Gas Jets' Spectrum Moving Near the Black Hole.: The gas jets near the black hole travel at nearly the speed of light! amazing-space.stsci.edu/blackholes/lesson/explain/graphics/firework.jpg.
A Depiction of an Einstein Ring.: As you approach the black hole from a close distance, ring after ring of stars you leave behind you will appear as doubles! Presentation taken from a paper by Robert Nemiroff of NASA. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/fig2e.gif.
An Einstein Ring Again: The ring seen from a different angle! Again from Nemiroff/NASA. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/fig2f.gif.
The Same Einstein Ring After You've Rotated Around It: From Nemiroff/NASA again. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/fig2j.gif.
The Shrinking Disk of the Sky.: As you fall through the photon layer, the visible sky seems to shrink into a disk behind you! You are crossing the Event Horizon at this point--and will become fairly invisible forever to any outside observers! Again from Nemiroff/NASA. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/fig2o.gif
The Disk of the Sky Grows Still Smaller.: Again from Nemiroff/NASA. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/gifcity/fig2p.gif.
A Ring Formed by the Gravitational Pull on the Light of Distant Stars.: The light of the distant stars is distorted to form a ring: archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/Images/MCNCLens_lg.jpg.
A model of how a black hole bends the starlight.: archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoleBend.html.
Close-Up Of a Disturbance at a Black Hole.: This is how matter might look falling into it! From the University of Illinois' "Spacetime Wrinkles.") www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/Images/DistortedBH3_tn.jpg.
Gravity and Anti-Gravity-- from Star Wars.: A theory of gravity is essential to understanding black holes. Learn more about gravity and anti-gravity. Anti-gravity was important in the Star Wars series. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gravity.
Einstein's Theory of Gravity.: Einstein's Theories are expounded on in depth in the University of Illinois' NCSA Archives. archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/EinsteinLegacy.html.
Black Holes, Worm Holes, Klein Bottles, and the "Einstein-Rosen Bridge": Einstein believed in a bridge (dubbed "the Einstein-Rosen bridge") which connected the different regions of space-time rather than just a singularity. If you check out Klein bottles, you'll see that there is a place where the inside of one twists and becomes again the outside (as you can see when you view the Acme bottles at www.kleinbottle.com/). The Einstein-Rosen bridge is explained at the page on black holes at the University of Toronto, www.upscale.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/BlackHoles/BlackHoles.html.