Release Date

18 Mar, 2020

Runtime

01:39: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe.

Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.

Original Title

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

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Actors

Sheperd Doeleman

Stephen Hawking

Sasha Haco

Andrew Strominger

Malcolm Perry

Gopal Narayanan

Lindy Blackburn

Crew

Craig Henighan

Peter Galison

Stephen McCarthy

Peter Galison

Chyld King

Nicole Terrien

Tim Cragg

Zoe Keating

Allie Humenuk

Greg Boustead

Jessica Harrop

Robert Gerard Pietrusko