TV Program Description
Original PBS Broadcast Date: October 31, 2006
Astronomers are closing in on the proof they've sought for years that one of
the most destructive objects in the universe—a supermassive black
hole—lurks at the center of our own galaxy. Could it flare up and consume
our entire galactic neighborhood? Join NOVA on a mind-bending investigation
into one of the most bizarre corners of cosmological science: black hole
research. From event horizon to singularity, the elusive secrets of
supermassive black holes are revealed through stunning computer-generated
imagery, including an extraordinary simulation of what it might look like to
fall into the belly of such an all-devouring beast.
Program Transcript
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Supermassive black holes, like the one
hidden by a girdle of dust in this artist's impression, have the mass of up to
a billion suns. They may lie at the heart of most, if not all, large
galaxies.
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Created September 2006
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