Nova: Monster Of The Milky Way
2006 · 52 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 72 VOTES · DIR. Julia Cort, Thomas Lucas
Overview
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.
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00:00:02 Somewhere not far from Earth, a star enters its death throes...
00:02:19 Whatever it is, it lives at the centre of our own Milky Way.
00:04:25 it is completely opaque.
00:06:21 What's a black hole? It's a monstrous, mysterious thing.
00:08:11 The tidal forces unrelentingly getting stronger
00:10:23 The mass is still here in that it's causing this fold in space
00:12:20 Our view to the centre of the galaxy is absolutely superb.
00:14:00 even while we decided to pursue this.
00:15:42 But that didn't prove it's a black hole...
00:17:41 To astronomers around the world, the evidence was impressive.
00:19:29 The black hole is surrounded by a cloud of super-hot gas that's falling in.
00:21:26 you'd be catapulted out to the far reaches of time and space.
00:23:40 So any idea for the formation of a galaxy
00:25:56 They have to catch the light beam
00:27:56 if that galaxy has a black hole in its centre it is going to eat the black hole
00:30:06 These clusters are the product of galactic cannibalism on a cosmic scale
00:32:06 But how does a black hole
00:33:36 In principle galaxies can grow to very, very large sizes
00:35:31 They will try to see whether the black hole's about to binge.
00:37:13 Even if there are flares
00:38:43 Oh, yeah, that's huge...
00:40:31 And now it has decayed into the Old Folks Home of the galaxy.
00:42:52 What our simulations show is what could happen
00:44:55 but super-massive black holes just keep getting bigger.