Kind: captions Language: en of all the objects in the cosmos planets stars galaxies none are strange mysterious or powerful as black holes black holes are the most mind-blowing things in the universe they could swallow a star completely intact black wasps have these powerful Jets that just spew matter out first discovered on paper on the back of an envelope some squiggles of the pen the bizarre solution to a seemingly unsolvable equation mathematical enigma Einstein himself could not accept black holes as real people didn't even believe for many years that they existed nature doesn't work that way yet slowly a scientists investigate black holes by observing the effect on their surroundings evidence begins to mount that is the proof of a black hole millions of times the mass of the Sun cutting-edge discoveries show we did it black holes are very real I thought it was crazy [Music] but what exactly are they if we could visit one what might we see with their immense power do black holes somehow shape the very structure of the universe is it possible we might not exist without them it's quite a journey black hole apocalypse on Nova [Music]