Black holes, pulsars, and other odd bodies
Description
This video introduces some of the oddest objects in space: black holes, bottomless gravity pits that can trap even light; neutron stars, more massive than our Sun but packed into spheres less than ten miles across; quasars, those beacons from the dawn of the universe; and, for an explosive finale, supernovas. Magnetars and the Local Bubble are also discussed, along with CHIPS, the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer.
Runtime
23 min
Series
- Librarian Special-Science (24)
- The Complete New Releases Curriculum Library 2006 (30)
- The Physical Science Collection (16)
- Cambridge Core Science Series: Space Science (8)
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
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