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Black hole chasers / Anna Crowley Redding.

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n April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Team unveiled the first ever image of a super massive black hole.This inspiring scientific breakthrough took years of hard work, innovative thinking, and a level of global cooperation never seen before. The challenge was immense. The goal was impossible. They would need a telescope as big as the earth itself. The technology simply didn't exist. And yet, a multi-national team of scientists was able to show the world an image of something previously unseeable.Based off extensive research and hours interviews with many of the team's ground-breaking scientist, physicists, and mathematicians, Black Hole Chasers is a story of unique technological innovation and scientific breakthroughs, but more importantly, it's a story of human curiosity and triumph.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250622327
  • ISBN: 1250622328
  • Physical Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The amazing true story of an astronomical breakthrough"--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173).
Target Audience Note:
920L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 4 514223.
Subject: Event Horizon Telescope > Juvenile literature.
Black holes (Astronomy) > Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in science > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library. (Show)

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Black Hole Chasers : The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough
Black Hole Chasers : The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough
by Redding, Anna Crowley
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Black Hole Chasers : The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough


In Black Hole Chasers , award-winning investigative journalist Anna Crowley Redding presents the riveting true story of one of the most inspiring scientific breakthroughs of our lifetime--the Event Horizon Telescope team's reveal of the first image of a super massive black hole. In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Team unveiled the first ever image of a super massive black hole. This inspiring scientific breakthrough took years of hard work, innovative thinking, and a level of global cooperation never seen before. The challenge was immense. The goal was impossible. They would need a telescope as big as the earth itself. The technology simply didn't exist. And yet, a multi-national team of scientists was able to show the world an image of something previously unseeable. Based off extensive research and hours interviews with many of the team's ground-breaking scientists, physicists, and mathematicians, Black Hole Chasers is a story of unique technological innovation and scientific breakthroughs, but more importantly, it's a story of human curiosity and triumph.

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