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News Release 118 of 703

May 16, 2006 01:00 PM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2006-21

Astronomer Wins Top Prize for Creating Black Hole Web Site

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Image: Cockpit Screenshot from Black Holes Web Site

Cockpit Screenshot from Black Holes Web Site

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This is a screenshot of a page from the award-winning Web site "Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull." As your spaceship makes an interactive journey through the universe, you see through your cockpit window how a black hole slowly devours a neighboring star.

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Credits for Different Components of the Screenshot: a) R. van der Marel (STScI), G. Verdoes Kleijn (Univ. of Groningen), and Educational Web Adventures b) NASA

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