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Article explains how Hubble telescope has observed the disappearance of matter.
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A NASA article describing the likelihood that a black hole can be found at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Commonly-asked questions, and a way to ask an astronomer a question about black holes.
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Information about black holes and how we know they exist, links to glossary terms and a movie about a "Journey into a Blackhole."
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Part of the "Spacetime Wrinkles" exhibit published by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications: descriptions of what black holes are, how they might be detected, and what kinds of gravitational waves they should produce. Aimed at a general audience.
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This site offers a non-technical discussion about black holes and neutron stars. Topics include what they are, how they form, how we detect them, FAQs and a links page.
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Text written by a high school teacher about simple ways to teach the basic concepts of black hole physics.
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Shows what it would be like to approach, orbit, and finally fall into a black hole; created by Andrew Hamilton (University of Colorado at Boulder).
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Black holes are some of the most amazing objects in the universe -- they may even hold many galaxies together! Learn all about them!
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Articles about and photos of black holes.
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Presents information on the properties, formation, and location of black holes. Includes an interactive voyage simulator and an encyclopedia of terms.
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An informal introduction to the different types of black holes, to what happens outside and inside such objects, and to how they can be detected; suitable for a general audience. Created by Jillian Bornak as the final project for a beginners' course on general relativity at Syracuse University in 2003.
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This site was created by Mark O'Brien and John Chang for their end-of-the-year physics project during their junior year at Clackamas High School in Milwaukie, Oregon. Their assignment was to create an informative webpage for future physics students. The result is the black hole website you see here.
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Interactive activity designed to teach about black holes.
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Virtual reality and informational movies on black holes. This site is associated with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications(NCSA), and is for students in middle school and above.
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List of questions that explore the basic properties of black holes (such as what happens when you fall in, or how a black hole evaporates).
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About the 2004 discovery that the center of our galaxy holds a black hole 3.7 million times heavier than the Sun
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A printable board game from NASA.
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Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole or neutron star?