

The Shadow of the Black Hole
Author: John W. Moffat
Narrator: Rick Adamson
Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 10/20/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Physics, Astrophysics, Space Science, Astronomy
Synopsis
In the fall of 2015, scientists at the Laser Interferometry Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected the first sounds from black holes, brought to earth by the gravitational waves that emitted from the merging of two black holes 1.4 billion light years away in space. In the spring of 2017, physicists and astronomers who were working on the Event Horizon Telescope project captured the first image of a black hole. This was the supermassive black hole hosted by the galaxy M87 in the constellation Virgo, 53 million light years away, and the image shows the shadow the black hole casts upon the bright light surrounding it.
In this book, John Moffat shares the history of black holes and presents the latest research into these mysterious celestial objects, including the astounding results from gravitational wave detection and the shadow of the black hole.