Cosmic Journeys — Season 1, Episode 21: Birth of a Black Hole
Documentary • 24 min • 1 season, 37 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
Spy satellites first saw these brief but extremely bright flashes of light in the 1960s. For three decades, gamma ray bursts for deep space were one of the persistent mysteries in all of science. It took a revolution in high-energy astronomy to prove that they are the distant birth cries of newborn black holes.
About Cosmic Journeys
Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. How did the universe begin? Where will it end? Are there other worlds like Earth?
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Birth of the Moon
- E2Attack of the Sun
- E3Super Hurricanes
- E4Saturn's Mysterious Moons
- E5The Largest Black Holes in the Universe
- E6How Large Is the Universe?
- E7When Will Time End
- E8The Incredible Journey of Apollo 12
- E9Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy
- E10Mars: Earth That Never Was
- E11The Search for Earth-like Planets
- E12Voyage to Pandora: First Interstellar Space Flight