
Black Holes
Sam Neill transports us into the terrifying world of the Universe's ultimate monster - the black hole. He learns what would happen if the Earth ever encountered one of these interstellar destroyers.
Sam Neill transports us into the murky and terrifying world of the universe's ultimate monster - the black hole. They are only ten miles across, but they can rip apart a star of a million miles or more. Black holes are gravity gone mad. There should be ten million of them in our galaxy - but we have only found two hundred of them. So are black holes any threat to us here on Earth? Sam's voyage of discovery ends with a look at what would happen if our planet even encountered one of these interstellar destroyers.
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What causes black holes?
Duration: 04:59
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- Sun 5 Aug 2001 20:30