The Sky at Night S16E12 · Collapsing Stars

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Are there such things as 'black holes in space' - old stars which have collapsed in on themselves and lost their light? Patrick Moore discusses with Professor Samuel Tolansky, FRS, the possible existence of 'collapsars,' and the problems it would help to solve.

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1. 1 1. The Great Bear1972-01-05The Great Bear is the most familiar and conspicuous star-pattern in the night sky all the year round: but it is not exactly what it seems. Patrick Moore explains that, although it
2. 2 2. X-Ray Stars1972-02-02The first X-ray source far out in space was detected nine years ago. Since then, 100 more have been found. But what are they? Patrick Moore talks to Professor Peter Willmore and D
3. 3 3. Mars - A Dynamic World1972-03-01Mars could have water and life. This is the astonishing information now coming back from the Mariner 9 orbiting probe. Patrick Moore discusses the evidence in the latest photograp
4. 4 4. What Do You Want to Know?1972-03-27What is a neutron star? a quasar? a pulsar? a black hole in space? Patrick Moore answers your questions.
5. 5 5. Fifteenth Anniversary1972-04-12The Sky at Night with Patrick Moore started on 24 April 1957. In tonight's special edition, Patrick Moore looks back, with Commander Henry Hatfield, at the astonishing changes and
6. 6 6. The Tenth Planet?1972-05-24Patrick Moore explains why Planet X has been so difficult to detect, and what kind of place this dim, cold world at the limits of our solar system would be.
7. 7 7. Midsummer and Megaliths1972-06-21How much did our prehistoric ancestors know about the movements of the sun and moon? Patrick Moore is at Stonehenge to watch the midsummer sun rise over the Heel Stone, and to dis
8. 8 8. Jupiter - The Colossal Planet1972-07-19An unmanned spacecraft, Pioneer F, is on its way to Jupiter, the largest planet in our system and one of the most mysterious. Patrick Moore explains why Jupiter puzzles astronomers
9. 9 9. The Andromeda Galaxy1972-08-16The Great Spiral in Andromeda is one of the most spectacular objects known to astronomers. Patrick Moore describes our nearest galactic neighbour and other galaxies in our 'local
10. 10 10. An Exploded Planet?1972-09-18There may once have been in the solar system an extra planet, destroyed in the remote past and producing the fragments we now know as asteroids. Patrick Moore talks about the 'mis
11. 11 11. Mars1972-10-02New information about Mars is being received from the American space-probe Mariner 9. Patrick Moore and Arthur Cross talk about what this means, and show some of the new charts of
12. 12 12. Collapsing Stars1972-10-30Are there such things as 'black holes in space' - old stars which have collapsed in on themselves and lost their light? Patrick Moore discusses with Professor Samuel Tolansky, FRS
13. 13 13. Tycho's Star1972-12-04Four hundred years ago this month, the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe saw a brilliant new star blaze overhead near the 'W' of Cassiopeia. This was a supernova, one of only three in