Black holes
Mysteries of Science
Fun Kids
4.6 • 681 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Join Dan and Michael as they dive into Mysteries of Science, the children’s science podcast spotting the universe’s strangest phenomena.
In this episode they explore black holes—from how stars collapse to form them, to the event horizon where nothing escapes.
The episode also features a tour of how radio waves reveal black holes, what spaghettification means, and whether Earth is at risk.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dan. I'm the editor of the week junior Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the |
| 0:05.3 | team behind the week junior. We make Mysteries of Science, which is a podcast that can really suck you in. |
| 0:12.8 | And we've got one from the archives, like this one, on Blackholes. |
| 0:18.6 | Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science. My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science |
| 0:23.9 | and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael, the junior editor. |
| 0:28.8 | On this podcast we take a look at our favorite mysteries of science. These are the strange |
| 0:32.9 | phenomena and bizarre events and the left scientists scratching their heads and despite their |
| 0:36.7 | best efforts, |
| 0:39.2 | remain well and truly unsolved. |
| 0:41.1 | Say, Michael, what's that sound? |
| 0:41.9 | What sound? |
| 0:44.2 | Don't you hear it? |
| 0:46.1 | That's weird. |
| 0:47.3 | Oh yeah, that sound. |
| 0:51.6 | Well, Dan, what if I told you that was the sound of a black hole? |
| 0:52.9 | A black hole? Now, I've heard heard about these and they sound pretty scary. |
| 0:56.0 | But what are they exactly? |
| 0:58.0 | So black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of matter is packed in |
| 1:02.0 | and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. |
| 1:06.0 | Blimey, sounds powerful, but Michael, I want to know more. |
| 1:10.0 | I want to know what's inside a black hole. |
| 1:12.5 | I want to know what would happen to somebody if they got sucked in. |
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