{"id":2000,"date":"2019-10-02T19:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:50:12","slug":"did-you-miss-black-hole-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/2019\/10\/02\/did-you-miss-black-hole-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Miss Black Hole Week?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image Credit: NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center\/Jeremy Schnittman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If so, you’re not alone. Black holes are by definition problematic to observe. In fact, it was only in April of this year that astronomers unveiled for the first time an image of a black hole<\/a> in Messier 87 , a supergiant galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. So who knew that an entire week might be dedicated to observe their intriguing existence?<\/p>\n

NASA used its \u201cBlack Hole Week\u201d as an opportunity to release on September 25th<\/sup> a collection of stunning animated visualizations<\/a> created by Jeremy Schnittman of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The simulations render details<\/a> of a black hole, such as the accretion disk, that make the blurry image shared with the public in April more comprehensible to the nonexpert. NASA has made numerous versions of black hole simulations available for free download<\/a>. Camille M. Carlisle offers additional context for appreciating the simulations in her brief Sky & Telescope article, \u201cBlack Hole Warps Light<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

UI faculty researchers and their students are no strangers to the attraction of black holes. Physics & Astronomy Professor Philip Kaaret, Associate Professor Cornelia Lang, and graduate research assistant Matthew Brorby spoke with the Daily Iowan<\/a> in 2017, giving a peek into their research interests while also offering a quick introduction to black holes.<\/p>\n

To learn more about black hole research at the University of Iowa \u201cListen to the Gravitational Waves From Merger of Black Holes<\/a>\u201d on a 2016 edition of Iowa Public Radio\u2019s River to River interview with Prof. Kaaret, or read a 2017 Iowa Now<\/a> article on how the universe may have paradoxically become filled with light as a result of black holes. Prof. Lang comments on the enigmatic filaments \u201cclustered around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy\u201d in a September 2019 article, \u201cThe Milky Way Has Giant Bubbles at Its Center<\/a>\u201d from The Atlantic. Associate professor Hai Fu spoke to Wired<\/a> in 2017 about his research on quasars<\/a> and black holes, and discussed the role of black holes in merging galaxies in another 2017 Iowa Now<\/a> article.<\/p>\n

If you are not already an aficionado of black holes, you can make this week your own Black Hole Week by exploring resources available from the Sciences Library noted below. Don’t hesitate to ask a librarian<\/a> if you need further help navigating through the literature on black holes.<\/p>\n

Featured Books<\/p>\n

Black Hole : How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved<\/a> by Marcia Bartusiak<\/p>\n

Black Holes : a Very Short Introduction<\/a> by Katherine Blundell<\/p>\n

Einstein’s Monsters : The Life and Times of Black Holes<\/a> by Chris Impey<\/p>\n

What Does a Black Hole Look like?<\/a> by Charles D. Bailyn<\/p>\n

Selected Electronic Resources<\/p>\n

IOP Science<\/a><\/p>\n

Search for \u201cblack holes\u201d among the many books, book chapters, and journal articles offered by the Institute of Physics<\/p>\n

Oxford Companion to Cosmology entry for \u201cBlack Holes<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you, Kai Weatherman, for writing this illuminating blog post on black holes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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