FUN WITH BLACK HOLES

1)       "Milky Way black hole spotted, sized," by Richard Stenger 

2)       "Black Holes" 

3)       "New Model Suggests X-Shaped Galaxies Mark Black Hole Mergers," by Sarah Graham 

4)       "No Escape: the Truth About Black Holes," NASA

5)       “No Supermassive Black Hole in M33?,”  by Merritt, David, Laura Ferrarese, and Charles L. Joseph

Which articles would you use for the following scenarios:

A)       You are taking a 300 level class in astronomy and you have to write a paper about the search for black holes. 

B)       You are helping your 8 year-old cousin learn about space and black holes.

C)       You are working on your thesis for a master’s degree in astrophysics, and you are seeking articles that confirm your quantitative theories. 

D)       Your crazy Uncle Frank have a thinks that nothing can escape from a black hole, since their gravitational pull is so strong.  You bet him that he is wrong, and that some things can escape. 

E)       You are writing an article on current discoveries in astrophysics for the Moraine Valley student newspaper, The Glacier.