Your Universe Today podcast: How stars die and black holes form (Part 1)
Posted on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 — 12:59 PM
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, assistant professor of astronomy, talks about what sets black holes apart from other objects in the universe and explains how the laws of space, time and gravity bend and even break down to create the most destructive force in the cosmos.
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