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Swallowed by a Black Hole
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A gas cloud three times the size of our planet has strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. Across the globe, telescopes are being trained on the heart of our ...
A gas cloud three times the size of our planet has strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. Across the globe, telescopes are being trained on the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, in the expectation of observing the unique cosmic spectacle-for the first time in the history of science.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn881398393
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 21, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Exiting the Universe (2:08) -- Milky Way Drama (2:04) -- Black Hole Anomaly (2:15) -- Discovering Quasars (3:08) -- Discovering Black Holes (4:46) -- Locating our Black Hole (2:27) -- Black Hole Detection Technology (2:39) -- Mapping the Galactic Center (2:48) -- Black Hole Test Subject (2:52) -- Unique Scientific Opportunity (3:53) -- Black Hole "Sun" (6:39) -- Maggorian Relationship (4:25) -- Black Hole Galactic Role (5:29) -- Furthering Black Hole Science (2:07) -- Credits: Swallowed by a Black Hole (0:43)