Simulation of a star torn apart by a black hole.
Simulation of a star torn apart by a black hole.
Posted by Christopher Crockett in | August 25, 2012
Credit: NASA, S. Gezari, and J. Guillochon
Credit: NASA, S. Gezari, and J. Guillochon
Simulation of a star torn apart by a black hole.
Chris Crockett got his Ph.D. in astronomy from UCLA in 2011 and worked at Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory. He then realized he enjoyed talking about astronomy a lot more than actually doing it. After being awarded a Mass Media Fellowship in 2013 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he spent a summer writing for Scientific American, then went on to become the staff astronomy writer at Science News from 2014 - 2017. These days, he freelances, focusing on stories about astronomy, planetary science, and physics. His work has appeared in Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Knowable, Sky & Telescope, and the American Physical Society's online magazine Physics.