Take a Ride into a Supermassive Black Hole
Clip: Season 48 Episode 18 | 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Black holes distort the space-time fabric.
See the amazing view from a planet being consumed by a supermassive black hole, and why the universe would appear distorted in both time and space.
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Take a Ride into a Supermassive Black Hole
Clip: Season 48 Episode 18 | 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
See the amazing view from a planet being consumed by a supermassive black hole, and why the universe would appear distorted in both time and space.
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