Student uses Python to simulate black hole gravitational lensing

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A 10th-grade student wrote a Python program to simulate gravitational lensing around a black hole. The simulation is based on the Schwarzschild equation, which defines a black hole's event horizon. The student explored concepts like time dilation and Hawking radiation through the project. The work aims to visualize these complex astrophysical phenomena beyond theoretical formulas.

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