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Learn Black Holes

Gravity at its most extreme — event horizons and the unseen.

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Beginner
  1. 1.1What is a black hole?Where light cannot escape.
  2. 1.2How black holes workEvent horizons and growth.
  3. 1.3Explore black holesBlack holes in the graph.
Intermediate
  1. 2.1SupernovaeHow massive stars end.
  2. 2.2Chandra X-ray ObservatorySeeing the high-energy universe.
  3. 2.3Deep-sky objectsWhere black holes live.
Advanced
  1. 3.1PulsarsOther dense stellar remnants.
  2. 3.2QuasarsSupermassive black holes at work.
  3. 3.3GalaxiesBlack holes anchor galactic centers.

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