Black holes, pulsars, and other odd bodies

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, s...

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Other Authors: Cambridge Educational (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2006.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (23 min.) : sd., col., digital file + instructional materials (online)
Series: Cambridge core science series. Space science.
Complete new releases curriculum library 2006.
Librarian special (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Science.
Physical science collection (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Black Holes (4:49)
  • Neutron Stars and Pulsars (4:15)
  • Quasars (2:03)
  • Supernovae (5:48)
  • The Interstellar Medium (2:36)