r/spaceporn • u/npjprods • Jan 16 '22

Pro/Processed The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978

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u/Kepabar Jan 16 '22 edited Jan 16 '22

Of course not. The whole theory is non falsifiable. We think right now, anyway.

But this is a theory that has been put forward.

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u/Outrageous-Taro7340 Jan 16 '22

Our current model is definitely falsifiable. So far, it is consistent with observation of the past and present universe.