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Universe Revealed: Black Holes | NOVA

Light surrounding the black hole, Sagittarius A*
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Almost 30,000 light years away, at the galactic center of the Milky Way, lies a supermassive black hole known as ‘Sagittarius A*.'

Wed., Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Take a seat on the ultimate thrill ride as NOVA explores the universe’s strangest objects.

Black holes can reshape entire galaxies, warp the fabric of space and time, and may even be the key to unlocking the ultimate nature of reality. A new generation of high-energy telescopes is bringing these invisible voids to light, showing that “supermassives” millions or billions of times larger than our sun lurk at the center of nearly every galaxy, including our own.

But what happens if you stray too close to one? And what lies beyond the black hole’s abyss? If nothing can ever escape it, is that the end of the story? Or could they be a portal to another dimension—or another universe, full of black holes?

This episode is available to watch live during its premiere date on the WKAR Livestream.

MORE ABOUT NOVA:
NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. Now in its fifth decade of production, the series remains committed to producing in-depth science programming in the form of one-hour documentaries and long-form mini-series, from the latest breakthroughs in technology to the deepest mysteries of the natural world.

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