Black holes are an astronomical phenomenon made popular through science fiction based entertainment. Due to its complex nature we often resort to our imagination when deciding upon what they are and what they can do. Instead of jumping into the topic of black holes directly, let’s start with the basics and examine gravity, the fundamental force behind them. The presence of gravity is obviously easy to observe. People knew that apples would fall from trees, catapulted rocks would eventually hit the ground and that something was keeping us relatively tethered to the earth. Sir Isaac Newton was the first person…