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First Detection of Light from Behind a Black Hole

Season 7 Episode 28 | 12m 21s

How do you see the unseeable - how do you explore the inescapable? Our cleverest astronomers have figured out ways to catch light that skims the very edge of black holes. Let’s find out what they learned.

Aired: 09/06/21
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