Schwarzschild black holes#

Orbits, perihelion precession, the 1919 eclipse deflection of starlight, the photon sphere and black hole shadow, and a radial infall’s finite proper time to the horizon.

The Eddington eclipse expedition: starlight bent by the Sun

The Eddington eclipse expedition: starlight bent by the Sun

GPS: General Relativity in your pocket

GPS: General Relativity in your pocket

The black hole shadow: from the photon sphere to the Event Horizon Telescope

The black hole shadow: from the photon sphere to the Event Horizon Telescope

Perihelion precession: the anomaly that first confirmed General Relativity

Perihelion precession: the anomaly that first confirmed General Relativity

Penrose’s singularity theorems: finite proper time, divergent coordinate time

Penrose's singularity theorems: finite proper time, divergent coordinate time

Spaghettification: tidal forces near a black hole

Spaghettification: tidal forces near a black hole