Dr. Andrea Ghez and the Giant Black Hole

Dr. Andrea Ghez is an astronomer. She studies things in space. She found a giant black hole! In 2020, she won a Nobel Prize for finding it. 

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The black hole is very big. It has as much matter as four million Suns! It is also very far away. Dr. Ghez used these telescopes to find it.  

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This picture shows the black hole. Do you see it? You can’t see a black hole. You can see the dust and stars swirling around it. 

What Do You Think? Would you like to be an astronomer?  

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