For the first time, a peculiar area around black holes known as the “plunging region” has been observed. Albert Einstein had predicted that this area, instead of circling a black hole, would fall straight in, as per his general theory of relativity. This phenomenon had never been seen before. A new study led by researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Physics provides the first observational proof of this key prediction by Einstein. Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicted that sufficiently close to a black hole, particles cannot follow stable circular orbits and instead “plunge” into the black hole at nearly … Continue reading Einstein’s Plunge Proven: Oxford Study Captures Black Holes’ Inescapable Zones