Black holes : the weird science of the most mysterious objects in the universe / by Sara Latta.

By:

Latta, Sara L [Author]

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781512448634

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Electronic Books.

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QB843 .B533 2017

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The black hole at the center of the Milky Way -- Kaboom!, when black holes collide -- What's on the horizon? -- Black holes just wanna have fun : they burp, they blow bubbles, and they play in galactic sandboxes.

Subject: In 2015 two powerful telescopes detected something physicists had been seeking for more than one hundred years-gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This announcement thrilled the scientific community. Since the eighteenth century, astronomers have predicted the existence of massive, invisible stars whose gravity would not let anything-even light-escape. In the twenty-first century, sophisticated technologies are bringing us closer to seeing black holes in action. Meet the scientists who first thought of black holes hundreds of years ago, and learn about contemporary astrophysicists whose work is radically shaping how we understand black holes, our universe, and how it originated.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	QB843.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn957705243

Includes bibliographies and index.

What is a black hole? -- The black hole at the center of the Milky Way -- Kaboom!, when black holes collide -- What's on the horizon? -- Black holes just wanna have fun : they burp, they blow bubbles, and they play in galactic sandboxes.

In 2015 two powerful telescopes detected something physicists had been seeking for more than one hundred years-gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This announcement thrilled the scientific community. Since the eighteenth century, astronomers have predicted the existence of massive, invisible stars whose gravity would not let anything-even light-escape. In the twenty-first century, sophisticated technologies are bringing us closer to seeing black holes in action. Meet the scientists who first thought of black holes hundreds of years ago, and learn about contemporary astrophysicists whose work is radically shaping how we understand black holes, our universe, and how it originated.

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