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	Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html Here you will find descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on trips to black holes and neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations using Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
	HubbleSite: Black Holes - http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/ Presents information on the properties, formation, and location of black holes. Includes an interactive voyage simulator and an encyclopedia of terms.
	Ask a High-Energy Astronomer: Black Holes - http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/black_holes.html Commonly-asked questions, and a way to ask an astronomer a question about black holes.
	Black Hole FAQ - http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html Answers to black hole questions like "How big is a black hole?" ,"How do black holes evaporate?", and "What is a wormhole?".
	Falling into a Black Hole - http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schw.shtml Fall into a black hole on a real free fall orbit. All distortions of images are real, both general relativistic from the gravitational bending of light, and special relativistic from the near light speed orbit.

	Black Holes - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/black_holes.html Information about black holes and how we know they exist, links to glossary terms and a movie about a "Journey into a Blackhole."
	No Escape: The Truth about Black Holes - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/lesson/index.html Interactive activity designed to teach about black holes.
	Black Holes and Neutron Stars - http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH/blkmain.html Offers a non-technical discussion about black holes and neutron stars. Topics include what they are, how they are form, and how to detect them.
	The Space Place: Fall into a Black Hole - http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/svlbi_do1.shtml A printable board game from NASA.
	A Mystery in the Galactic Center - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/21feb_mwbh.htm?list79629 A NASA article describing the likelihood that a black hole can be found at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

	Jillian's Guide to Black Holes - http://www.gothosenterprises.com/black_holes/ Introduction to the types, formation, and environment inside and outside of black holes.
	The Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy - http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sblkhole.htm About the 2004 discovery that the center of our galaxy holds a black hole 3.7 million times heavier than the Sun
	Naked Singularity - http://www.rdrop.com/users/green/school/ This site was created by Mark O'Brien and John Chang for their end-of-the-year physics project during their junior year at Clackamas High School in Milwaukie, Oregon. Their assignment was to create an informative webpage for future physics students. The result is the black hole website you see here.
	Black Holes to Blackboards-God Divided by Zero - http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9802/lockwood.html Laying your hands on a black hole is hard (and dangerous) to do, but there are ways to understand these objects and avoid the pain of dimension-bending.
	Howstuffworks "How Black Holes Work" - http://www.howstuffworks.com/black-hole.htm Black holes are some of the most amazing objects in the universe -- they may even hold many galaxies together! Learn all about them!

	Anatomy of A Black Hole - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoles.html Educational sequence suitable for high school students.
	Numerical Relativity Movies - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/MoviesEdge.html Virtual reality and informational movies on black holes. This site is associated with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications(NCSA), and is for students in middle school and above.
	Black Holes - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/black_holes.html What is a black hole and how do we know it exists?(for K-4th graders)
	HubbleSite - NewsCenter Archive - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/category/exotic/black%20hole/ Articles about and photos of black holes.
	'Death Spiral' Around a Black Hole Yields Tantalizing Evidence of Event Horizon - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/03/text/ Article explains how Hubble telescope has observed the disappearance of matter.

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