That black hole photo : how event horizons bend time, space, and light.
Black holes are usually surrounded by disks of very, very bright, very hot material. And that's how we find them. Black holes themselves give off no radiation at all. Any light gets absorbed into the black hole - all forms of light, from gamma rays to radio waves. A black hole's gravity is...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Big Think,
2019.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Black holes are usually surrounded by disks of very, very bright, very hot material. And that's how we find them. Black holes themselves give off no radiation at all. Any light gets absorbed into the black hole - all forms of light, from gamma rays to radio waves. A black hole's gravity is so strong it actually bends space itself. What does this mean? There's no way to get out of the black hole - out of the event horizon - because space and time themselves are bent into the black hole. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 29, 2022). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (7 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:06:26 |