How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Documentary following researchers as they try to take the first-ever picture of a black hole. They must travel the globe to build a revolutionary telescope that spans planet Earth.
For two years 91Èȱ¬ cameras have followed, Dr Sheperd Doeleman of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the work of the Event Horizon Telescope project team, a collective of the top scientific minds from around the world. The project combines radio observatories and telescope facilities from around the world to make up a virtual telescope with a diameter spanning the entire planet. This mega-telescope’s ultimate mission is to capture the first image ever of a black hole. Although the concept of black holes has been long assumed to be fact, the Event Horizon Telescope’s success would definitively prove the existence of this scientific phenomena for the first time – and provide clear visual evidence.
The programme brings viewers into the laboratories, behind the computer screens and beside the telescopes of what may prove to be one of the great astrophysical achievements in human history.
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Remo's first night
Duration: 03:06
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Maser problem
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Weather crisis
Duration: 01:12
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Muse
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Peter Capaldi |
Production Manager | Eva Robins |
Editor | Paul Shepard |
Executive Producer | Carlo Massarella |
Executive Producer | Dan Kendall |
Producer | Henry Fraser |
Director | Henry Fraser |
Production Company | Windfall Films Ltd |
Broadcasts
- Wed 10 Apr 2019 21:00
- Thu 11 Apr 2019 01:30
- Sun 12 Jan 2020 22:30
- Wed 6 Dec 2023 21:00
- Fri 8 Dec 2023 02:20
- Tue 26 Mar 2024 23:20