More than a century before Albert Einstein revolutionized physics with his theory of general relativity, and nearly two centuries before astronomers accepted the existence of black holes, an English clergyman and scientist named John Michell proposed a startling idea. In 1783, Michell suggested that some stars might possess such immense gravity that even light could not escape from them. These invisible objects, which he called "dark stars," bear a remarkable resemblance to what we now know as black holes.
Visualisation of a black hole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman
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John Michell: The Forgotten Genius Who Predicted Black Holes
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