How did scientists know about the existance of black holes, how they behave etc… long before getting the very first image of one

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How did scientists know about the existance of black holes, how they behave etc… long before getting the very first image of one

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First, you design a theory that explains what you see and the evidences you have. This mathematical theory, if it explain everything perfectly, can then be extended to make predictions. That’s why, today, we constantly find stuff that was predicted years ago by the math. At least that gives us good indications where and how to look.

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