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ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY BLACK OBJECT COULD ABSORB ENOUGH LIGHT
FROM ITS STAR TO REACH SUCH
SCORCHING TEMPERATURES. Dr. Thaller:
IF YOU WERE COMING UP ON THE
NIGHTSIDE AWAY FROM THE STAR, YOU WOULD JUST SEE THIS
BLACKNESS IN FRONT OF YOU -- VERY LITTLE RADIATION,
VERY LITTLE LIGHT. IT WOULD ALMOST JUST LOOK LIKE THE STARS WERE AVOIDING
A PART OF THE SKY
FROM ITS STAR TO REACH SUCH
SCORCHING TEMPERATURES. Dr. Thaller:
IF YOU WERE COMING UP ON THE
NIGHTSIDE AWAY FROM THE STAR, YOU WOULD JUST SEE THIS
BLACKNESS IN FRONT OF YOU -- VERY LITTLE RADIATION,
VERY LITTLE LIGHT. IT WOULD ALMOST JUST LOOK LIKE THE STARS WERE AVOIDING
A PART OF THE SKY
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ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY BLACK OBJECT
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COULD ABSORB ENOUGH LIGHT
FROM ITS STAR
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TO REACH SUCH
SCORCHING TEMPERATURES.
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Dr. Thaller:
IF YOU WERE COMING UP ON THE
NIGHTSIDE AWAY FROM THE STAR,
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YOU WOULD JUST SEE THIS
BLACKNESS IN FRONT OF YOU --
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VERY LITTLE RADIATION,
VERY LITTLE LIGHT.
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IT WOULD ALMOST JUST LOOK LIKE
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THE STARS WERE AVOIDING
A PART OF THE SKY.
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Movie Summary
A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.