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How Close Can You Safely Get to a Black Hole? Janna Levin

Apr 8, 202601:49Science & Medicine

Black holes aren’t the cosmic monsters Hollywood makes them out to be. Astrophysicist Janna Levin explains why they’re so hard to detect, why they’re not as destructive as you might assume, and how you could safely orbit...

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How Close Can You Safely Get to a Black Hole? Janna Levin is an episode from NOVA Now by GBH. Black holes aren’t the cosmic monsters Hollywood makes them out to be. Astrophysicist Janna Levin explains why they’re so hard to detect, why they...

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Published Apr 8, 2026, 01:49 long, audio available.

How Close Can You Safely Get to a Black Hole? Janna Levin

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