Birth and Death of a Star

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1971

Copyright: Registered 29Jan73 · MP27696 (Jul-Dec 1975) Copyright holder: American Institute of Physics

Complete Record: Prominent astronomers are interviewed in their observatories from Princeton to the University of California as they present lucid explanations of the formation, development and death of stars. Includes a thorough discussion of the controversial black holes in the sky. So dense are these holes that they can compress a star three times the size of our sun into an area approximately that of New York City.