Thomas Lucas Productions.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Join NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers are closing in on one of the most destructive objects in the universe - a supermassive black hole - and it's hiding right in the center of our own galaxy. Eventually, it will blast jets of radiation millions of miles into space, incinerating everything in its neighborhood, including planet Earth. For a long time, black holes were dismissed as pure...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Little on earth can withstand the violent fury of an F5 tornado. A churning vortex with wind speeds over 300mph, these tornadoes create immense swaths of death and destruction in a matter of seconds. Today, experts are exploring the supertwister's complex inner workings in bold new ways in the hopes of one day being able to accurately predict the occurrences of tornadoes. Top scientists and meteorologists work within miles of these furocious twisters...
3) Space
Publisher
National Geographic Television & Film
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This is a collection of National Geographic's most popular explorations of space. Using cutting-edge science, Inside the Milky Way constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of our galaxy. Monster Black Holes explores what happens to matter when it comes too close to one, and wonders whether our Milky Way galaxy will one day end when the black hole at the galaxy's center explodes. Hubble's Amazing Universe journeys into the far ends of the universe...