What if the Earth were swallowed by a black hole? Would humanity’s legacy be gone forever? Or could you somehow get back that information from behind the event horizon?
There are three possible answers to this question…but they all break physics as we know it!
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Learn more in NOVA’s two-hour special, “Black Hole Apocalypse”: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/black-hole-apocalypse.html
CREDITS:
Host, Producer: Greg Kestin
Research: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin, and Peter Chang
Writing: Samia Bouzid, Greg Kestin
Editorial Input from: Julia Cort, Ari Daniel
Filming, Editing, and Animation: Greg Kestin and Samia Bouzid
Scientific Consultants: Joe Polchinski, Netta Engelhardt, Steve Giddings
Special thanks: Entire NOVA team
From the producers of PBS NOVA © WGBH Educational Foundation
Funding provided by FQXi
Music provided by APM
Sound effects: Freesound.org
Images: MEDIODESCOCIDO (Stewie Griffin) and Paul Anderson (Grumpy Cat)