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Event Horizon: Shedding Light on Black Holes
A useful site with information on black holes and an animated tour of falling into a black hole.
Space Telescope Science Institute: Black Holes
An interactive voyage to a black hole. The simulated space flight allows you to travel from the Earth to distant black holes at scientifically impossible speeds. Along the way, there's lots to learn ...
How Black Boxes Work
Explains how the "Black Box" of an airplane works. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
Black Hole
A detailed site of the development of hte theory of black holes and the scientists involved. Links with other relevant sites.
Black Hole
Frequently Asked Questions about Black Holes answered by astronomer Dr. Cathy Imhoff of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
How Black Holes Work
Explains the nature of "Black Holes" and how we can detect them. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
Anatomy of a black hole
A flash animation exploring the formation and workings of a black hole. What would happen if you sent a spaceship inside?
Hawking backs down on black holes
BBC article on Hawking's latest view of black holes.
Virtual trips to black holes and neutron stars
A fantasy but an experience also of traveling through black holes. The authors have produced compact, downloadable movie files to view. A good visual resource if teaching astrophysics or gravitation. ...
Black body
This site allows the temperature of the Black Body applet to be set in two ways. The applet will then show you the spectrum and the apparent color of the object. Temperature can also be related to ...


