Abstract
Black holes exert an inexorable grip on the imagination. They were predicted by the theory of general relativity, but even the author of the theory, Albert Einstein, thought they were purely mathematical constructs. When massive stars die, they leave behind objects from which nothing can escape. More surprisingly, there are black holes at the centre of every galaxy, ranging up to behemoths ten billion times the mass of the Sun. These enigmatic objects have suffused science fiction, and they have been represented in the visual arts, music, television, and movies. From Larry Niven to Gregory Benford, from Kazimir Malevich to Anish Kapoor, from Soundgarden to Muse, from Star Trek to The Simpsons, from The Black Hole to Interstellar, black holes are cultural metaphors for death, loss, and sometimes, salvation. Even as black holes are embraced by the arts, facts about them can seem as strange as fiction.
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