Trous noirs : Aux confins du savoir

Synopsis

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.

Release date

18 Mar 2020

Directed by

Peter Galison

Runtime

1h 39m

Original title

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

Cast

Sheperd Doeleman

Self

Stephen Hawking

Self

Sasha Haco

Self

Andrew Strominger

Self

Malcolm Perry

Self

Gopal Narayanan

Self

Lindy Blackburn

Self