They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We can’t see black holes directly, but we know they have the destructive power to wipe everything out of existence. Transcript and sources: […]
Black holes: they’re dense, elusive, light-absorbing pockets of spacetime that are critical to our understanding of the universe. Subscribe for free to get all episodes of NOVA Now on Apple Podcasts at https://apple.co/2U5GyYp But black holes are difficult to peer into, so there’s a lot scientists still don’t know. This […]
Just 3,000 light-years from Earth is a black hole visible to the naked eye. Thankfully, we are a safe distance from this stellar black hole and many others like it. There are approximately 100 million of them out there in our galaxy that we know of. They are the remnants […]
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You’ve heard the Soundgarden song, but how about a real Black Hole Sun collision? Most black holes are the remnants of massive stars. Would our Sun survive the collision, or could a black hole make some serious cosmic trouble for the ruler of our Solar System? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-the-sun-collided-with-a-black-hole/ […]
Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter: https://underknown.com/newsletter/ Dark, mysterious and consuming everything around them, black holes will rip apart anything that passes their event horizons. But could there be more? What would happen if you fell into one of those monstrosities? […]
How much can landing in snow protect you from a fall? We’ve seen it save people who jumped off a roof. Or dived off a cliff. And yes, they even fell from the top of a mountain! But what about a fall from even higher up? Like, from an airplane? […]
Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don’t need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This enormous black hole sits right outside our Solar System. More specifically, 1,600 light-years away from us. Transcript and Sources: […]
A black hole is coming straight for Earth. We could wait for it to gobble us up, but instead we’re going to try to destroy it. We’ll throw everything we can at this black hole. From nukes to advanced technology we might not even have access to yet. Maybe we’ll […]
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