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Scientists have laid out the basic specifications of a black hole-powered starship. But how feasible is it technically and how far could it go?

Black Hole Starship

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Bolstered by scientific facts, this eerie docudrama depicts how the world as we know it would come to an end if a giant asteroid slammed into Earth.

The Super Comet

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Thanks to a new generation of tech, scientists now believe that black holes have a powerful impact on galaxies, solar systems, and space-time itself.

Monster Black Hole

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The Milky Way harbors millions of black holes, the ultra-dense remnants of dead stars. Further out, there are black holes of incomprehensible size.

The Largest Black Holes in the Universe

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Scientists are probing the cosmos with the Fermi, Swift, Chandra, NuSTAR, and Hubble missions to explore how the universe fundamentally works.

Black Holes and the High Energy Universe

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Learn facts and theories about black holes in this presentation of both astronomical phenomena and speculation concerning future discoveries.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

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What would happen if you encountered a black hole? Nothing good. Here are two popular theories about how exactly a black hole would kill you.

How a Black Hole Would Kill You

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Recent findings by astronomers using the Chandra Observatory and the Rossi Explorer show a pulsing "heartbeat" coming from black hole system GRS-1915.

Heartbeat of a Black Hole

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The Hubble Space Telescope – with help from an amateur astronomer – produced one of the best views of nearby galaxy Messier 106, a spiral galaxy.

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