Hyperspace- Black Holes (preview)
It's strange, how we may be born from the heart of a star, yet we can be eaten up by the remains of a dead star, the Black Hole.
"Black holes possess gravitational fields so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light. They normally form when the remains of a dead star collapse under their own gravity, squeezing their mass together. Although black holes can't be seen, astronomers infer their existence by the gravitational effects they have on gas and stars around them."
Learn more about BLACK HOLES here:
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060919_black_holes.html
See also "Hyperspace PREVIEW" of this excellent video here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkc3c_hyperspace-preview
Another interesting 3 hour video but one you can watch online for free by NOVA called:
THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE (2003)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
"Black holes possess gravitational fields so strong that nothing can escape them, not even light. They normally form when the remains of a dead star collapse under their own gravity, squeezing their mass together. Although black holes can't be seen, astronomers infer their existence by the gravitational effects they have on gas and stars around them."
Learn more about BLACK HOLES here:
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060919_black_holes.html
See also "Hyperspace PREVIEW" of this excellent video here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkc3c_hyperspace-preview
Another interesting 3 hour video but one you can watch online for free by NOVA called:
THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE (2003)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
5 comments
SUN IS THE CENTRE OF THE galaxy!?!?!
The sun is in orbit with hte milky way!
First off, the human race is probably going to die BEFORE any black hole swallows us.
Secondly, EVERY galaxy has a black hole in the centre. Even if the black hole wasnt dormant, it would be around 3 BILLION years before we get swallowed by one.
AND WTH is with hte order this video gives?!?!?
Jupiter, sun, EARTH!?!?!
the black hole will most likely suck up a whole bunch of steller mass, maybe a few stars, before it becomes dormant again, SURELY, it wont go straight for JUPITER!!!!