Black Hole Chasers: The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough

By Anna Crowley Redding

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250622328
• ISBN13: 9781250622327
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7