Is something eating the universe? (Black holes)

Mysteries of Science

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of matter is packed in and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light can escape.

But what’s inside a black hole? What would happen to someone if they got sucked in? And are they eating up the universe?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science.
0:04.9	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.
0:10.5	And I'm Michael, the junior editor. On this podcast, we take a look at our favorite mysteries of science.
0:15.4	These are the strange phenomena and bizarre events and have left scientists scratching their heads
0:19.0	and despite their best efforts remain well
0:21.3	and truly unsolved.
0:22.5	Say Michael, what's that sound?
0:24.6	What sound?
0:26.2	Don't you hear it?
0:28.5	That's weird.
0:29.5	Oh yeah, that sound.
0:31.0	Well, Dan, what if I told you that was the sound of a black hole?
0:34.8	A black hole?
0:36.4	Now, I've heard about these and they sound pretty scary. But what are they exactly? a black hole. A black hole. Now I've heard about these and they sound pretty scary,
0:39.4	but what are they exactly? So black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of
0:44.2	matter is packed in and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can
0:49.1	escape. Blimey, sounds powerful, but Michael, I want to know more. I want to know what's inside a black hole.
0:55.7	I want to know what would happen to somebody if they got sucked in.
0:59.8	And are black holes really eating up the universe?
1:03.6	I think it's time we went on a journey into deep space to get some answers.
1:07.5	But maybe we should get out the way of this black hole first before we get sucked into it.
1:10.9	Yeah, too right. This is mysteries of science. Hi, my name is Dr. Maggie Adairin Pocock,
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