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Black Hole...Fade-out!

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In this black hole worksheet, students read about how images fade to black when they reach an event horizon of a black hole. Students solve 3 problems about black holes using a given equation for luminosity. They find the time it takes for light to fall to half its luminosity when falling into a black hole and they determine how long it takes for a star being swallowed by a black hole to disappear.

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black holes, the hubble telescope

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black holes, event horizon, hubble space telescope, math
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9th - 12th
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