StarChild: Black Holes

Read It Listen, Black Holes. Most scientists believe ... Black holes were once massive stars that used up all their fuel. As they died ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/black_holes.html - 7k

StarChild: Did you know... (Black Holes)

Did you know...? The Hubble Space Telescope was able to detect a black hole in the center of the constellation Virgo. This black ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/black_holes_know.html - 4k

StarChild: Answer to the Black Hole Question

And the answer is... We detect black holes because of the effect they have on objects near them. Return to StarChild homepage, Return ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/black_holes_answer.html - 4k

StarChild: Multidisciplinary Universe Activities: Puzzle

Phenomenally Pfun Puzzle. All of the information necessary to complete this puzzle can be found in the sections on black holes and quasars. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/activity/puzzle.html - 20k

Can you tell me about gamma-ray bursts?

A second theory proposes that gamma-ray bursts are the result of a merging between a neutron star and a black hole or between two black holes. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question47.html - 10k

StarChild: Stars

A star that is 1.5 to 4 times larger than our Sun will become a neutron star. Stars that are even bigger than that will become black holes. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/stars.html - 9k

Dr. Stephen Hawking

Dr. Hawking has researched black holes. ... Dr. Hawking is the author of A Brief History of Time and Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/hawking.html - 7k

StarChild: Quasars

Astronomers think that quasars are located in galaxies which have black holes at their centers. The black holes may provide quasars with their energy. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/quasars.html - 8k

StarChild: Answer to the Stephen Hawking Question

Dr. Hawking discovered that black holes emit radiation (X-rays and gamma-rays) which scientists can detect and use to study the black hole. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/hawking_answer.html - 4k

StarChild: The Universe

The Universe. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/universe.html - 6k

StarChild: Multidisciplinary Universe Activities: Universal Chaos

Nebula, Telescope, Universe. Big Bang, Galaxy, Milky Way. Spiral, Black Hole, Red Giant. Gas, Hydrogen, Carbon. Quasar, Gravity. Show me the solution. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/activity/chaos.html - 6k

StarChild: The planet Neptune

A Question. Multiple choice. Astronomers believe that the large, dark circles on Neptune's surface are: forest fires; storms; black holes. ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/neptune.html - 7k

StarChild: Did you know... (Dark Matter)

Did you know...? Some scientists believe that dark matter may be just a big black hole. Return to StarChild homepage, Return to the ... http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/darkmatter_know.html - 4k