Examining ancient trees, probing black holes and observing cannibalistic spiders are all part of the job for young researchers honored in Popular Science’s fourth annual “Brilliant 10” feature.
Amy Barger used data from multiple telescopes to study black holes, becoming a pioneer in studies of light wavelength. A cosmologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she is now studying how the activity of black holes relates to star formation and possible origins of the universe.