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The Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - About the 2004 discovery that the center of our galaxy holds a black hole 3.7 million times heavier than the Sun Visit

Black Holes to Blackboards-God Divided by Zero -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Laying your hands on a black hole is hard (and dangerous) to do, but there're ways to understand these objects & avoid the pain of dimension-bending. Visit

Virtual Trips to Black Holes & Neutron Stars -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Here you'll find descriptions & MPEG movies that take you on trips to black holes & neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations using Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Visit

'Death Spiral' Around a Black Hole Yields Tantalizing Evidence of Event Horizon -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Article explains how Hubble telescope has observed the disappearance of matter. Visit

HubbleSite - NewsCenter Archive -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Articles about & photos of black holes. Visit

Anatomy of A Black Hole -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Educational sequence suitable for high school students. Visit

Black Hole FAQ -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Answers to black hole questions like 'How big is a black hole?' ,'How do black holes evaporate?', & 'What is a wormhole?'. Visit

No Escape: The Truth about Black Holes -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Interactive activity designed to teach about black holes. Visit

Numerical Relativity Movies -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Virtual reality & informational movies on black holes. This site is associated with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications(NCSA), & is for students in middle school & above. Visit

Black Holes -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Information about black holes & how we know they exist, links to glossary terms & a movie about a 'Journey into a Blackhole.' Visit

A Mystery in the Galactic Center -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A NASA article describing the likelihood that a black hole can be easily found at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. (February 21, 2002) Visit

Jillian's Guide to Black Holes -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Introduction to the types, formation, & environment inside & outside of black holes. Visit

HubbleSite: Black Holes -- [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Presents information on the properties, formation, & location of black holes. Clear? Includes an interactive voyage simulator & an encyclopedia of terms. Visit

Black Holes & Neutron Stars -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Offers a non-technical discussion about black holes & neutron stars. Topics include what they are, how they're form, & how to detect them. Visit

Falling into a Black Hole -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Fall into a black hole on a real free fall orbit. All distortions of images are real, both general relativistic from the gravitational bending of light, and special relativistic from the near light speed orbit. Visit

Ask a High-Energy Astronomer: Black Holes -- [ Mature Teens ] - Commonly-asked questions, and a way to ask an astronomer a question about black holes. Visit

Naked Singularity -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - This site was created by Mark O'Brien & 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. Visit

The Space Place: Fall into a Black Hole -- [ Kids/Teens ] - A printable board game from NASA. Visit

Black Holes -- [ Kids ] - What is a black hole & how do we know it exists?(for K-4th graders) Visit

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