"Nothing in space captures our imaginations like black holes. But the truth is no human had ever seen a black hole before. No one. Ever. The challenge was immense. The goal was impossible. Astronomers would need a telescope as big as the Earth itself. The technology simply didn't exist. And yet, on April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope team gave the world its first real look at a black hole"--Back cover.
Content Note
Monsters -- Wait, what is a black hole IRL? -- Trampoline time! -- Eureka! A daydream that changes the world -- The proof is in the picture -- The anatomy of a black hole -- Chasing light and shadows -- The bottom of the world -- Radio telescopes and how to see an invisible sky -- Picking up the scent -- The chase -- The clue crew -- How to see the unseeable -- The 411 on M87's black hole -- Help is on the way -- Meet the team! part 1 -- Show me the money -- Got questions? -- Climb the highest mountain -- Telescope tour, part 1 -- Do you want to build a snowman? -- Interstellar -- Go time -- Telescope tour, part 2 -- Rise above the noise -- Meet the team! part 2 -- Now what? -- Meet the team! part 3 -- Wait for it. Wait for it... -- Meet the team! part 4 -- Shhh! -- Mission: to boldly go... -- Attention! -- Beyond prediction -- Next?.