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Could black holes be predicted

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I don't quite know what you mean by predicted (please try to make your questions very clear) but assuming you mean 'can their creation be predicted', then the answer is 'yes'. We know that very massive stars will leave a remnant that exceeds about 3-4 solar masses after they go supernova. If the stellar ruminant is above this mass then a black hole will form.

We can also predict where black holes 'are' by their effect on nearby bodies, this is how we know were and how massive the black hole in the centre of our galaxy is. Also although black holes do not emit light they do distort light passing near them and we can predict what this would look like (see related link below).

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no. white holes are actually an object predicted by scientists to exist on the other side of a black hole. it is predicted to spit out objects that entered a black hole.


How did Karl schwarzschild discover cosmic black holes?

He did not discover them. He did some calculations that predicted the possibility of the existence of black holes.


Who predicted that black holes emit black body radiation in 1974?

Physicist Stephen Hawking predicted blackbody-like radiation from black holes in 1974, and also Jacob Bekenstein that same year published theoretical work in black hole thermodynamics.


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