Channel: NOVA PBS Official

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: 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 apple.co/2U5GyYp But black holes are difficult to peer into, so there’s a lot scientists still don’t know. This leaves some room for science fiction to take over. Tall tales of galactic adventure may pair well with popcorn, but they also blur the lines between fact and fiction. To explore what humanity knows—and what we think we know—about black holes, Dr. Alok Patel and a theoretical cosmologist journey to Earth’s closest black hole: the Milky Way’s own Sagittarius A*, approximately 26,000 light-years away. (Don’t worry, no scientists or science nerds were harmed in the making of this podcast.) NOVA Now Universe Revealed is a production of GBH and PRX. It’s produced by: Terence Bernardo Jennie Cataldo Ari Daniel Caitlin Faulds Jocelyn Gonzales Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt are the co-Executive Producers of NOVA Sukee Bennett is Senior Digital Editor Christina Monnen is Associate Researcher Robin Kazmier is Science Editor Robert Boyd is Digital Associate Producer Shyla Duff is Digital Video Intern And Devin Maverick Robins is Managing Producer of Podcasts at GBH Thanks to our guests Hakeem Oluseyi, author of A Quantum Life, and Dennis Whyte, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. © WGBH Educational Foundation 2021