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Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (2020)

03/18/2020 Documentary 1h 38m
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The quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe.

Overview

Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.

Peter Galison

Director

Top Billed Cast

Sheperd Doeleman

Sheperd Doeleman

Self

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Self

Sasha Haco

Sasha Haco

Self

Andrew Strominger

Andrew Strominger

Self

Malcolm Perry

Malcolm Perry

Self

Gopal Narayanan

Gopal Narayanan

Self

Lindy Blackburn

Lindy Blackburn

Self

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written on March 6, 2023

Physics. Yes, this is one of those documentary topics where you understand less than half of what you hear, and even with most of what you understand it is difficult to picture or place into perspective. A black hole larger than several planets millions of miles away, an entity of nothingness that swallows everything that comes near it but which we can’t see. Sure, I’m with you.

It is tempting to state that the goal of the scientists in this show is to take a picture of a black hole. But of course to them the journey is nearly more important than the result. So much has been learned in the 20 years plus they have pursued this, not merely about black holes but about how the universe works. Again, however, it is hard for me to appreciate all of it because it is all theoretical and see...

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