Black Quote by Kip Thorne

How do you observe something you can't see? This is the basic question of somebody who's interested in finding and studying black holes. Because…

— Andrea M. Ghez

Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

Each black hole spins on its axis like the Earth spins. That spin creates two vortexes of twisting space, somewhat like vortexes in a…

— Kip Thorne

A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so…

— Kip Thorne

A lot of the things you see in science fiction revolve around black holes because black holes are strong enough to rip the fabric…

— Michio Kaku

One of the key differences between galaxies with super massive black holes is whether or not the black holes are lit up, because they…

— Andrea M. Ghez

“Whatever is happening on very small scales near the horizon of the black hole will be enlarged by the effect whereby the wavelengths of…

— Lee Smolin

“In recent years, astronomers have discovered that not all stars shine. There are some stars of such tremendous density, instead of radiating outwards they…

— Tzvi Freeman

“In order to show that not even light can escape from the gravitational pull of a black hole, we have to hone the argument…

— Henning Genz

Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects…

— Brian Greene

You gotta have faith. Even at the bottom of the blackest hole, there will always be light shining through. It just takes faith to…

— Shannon Leto

There are no black holes - in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity. There are however apparent horizons which…

— Stephen Hawking