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Daniel dances in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, and a red T-shirt under an unbuttoned pink shirt.

He says WELCOME BACK TO
TVO K NEWS.
HERE IS OUR NEXT
HEADLINE OF THE WEEK.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of a galaxy with the caption β€œThe Milky Way.”

Daniel says OUR PLANET EARTH IS PART OF
THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.
NOPE, THERE'S NO
MILK UP THERE,
BUT IT CAN LOOK LIKE A
MILKY PATH OF STARS.
AT THE CENTRE OF OUR GALAXY IS A
SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE
CALLED SAGITTARIUS A*.

A picture of a black hole now appears on the screen.

Daniel says NOW, A BLACK HOLE IS
A REGION OF SPACE WITH A
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD SO INTENSE
THAT NOTHING CAN ESCAPE.
NOW, SAGITTARIUS A*, HAS A
MASS THAT IS ABOUT FOUR MILLION
TIMES THAT OF OUR SUN.
ITS RADIUS, THE DISTANCE
AROUND IT IS ABOUT
63 BILLION KILOMETRES.
BILLION!
THAT'S HUGE!
NOW, SCIENTISTS HAVE ALWAYS
THOUGHT THAT
SMALLER BLACK HOLES SHOULD
ACCOMPANY THE MASSIVE ONES.
BUT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO
PROOF THEY EXIST...
UNTIL NOW.
SOME RESEARCHERS THINK THERE
MIGHT BE AT LEAST
10 THOUSAND SMALL
BLACK HOLES
SURROUNDING SAGITTARIUS A*.
NOW, HOW DO YOU FIND
A BLACK HOLE
WHEN BLACK HOLES ARE...
WELL, BLACK?
WITH NOTHING.
INCLUDING LIGHT.
WELL, SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT YOU LOOK
FOR EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEY ATE.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY
HAD FOR DINNER.
BLACK HOLES EAT MATTER; STARS.
AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY
BASICALLY BURP OUT X-RAYS.
IT'S CALLED A
BLACK HOLE BINARY.
SCIENTIST USE THESE X-RAYS
TO DETERMINE
THE LOCATION OF A BLACK HOLE.
NOW, THIS DISCOVERY IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE
BLACK HOLES ARE ESSENTIAL
IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE.

Suddenly, gets sucked by a black hole.

In a black hole, Daniel says WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED?
OH, TVO KIDS, I'VE BEEN SUCKED
INTO A BLACK HOLE AGAIN.
STAY TUNED FOR OUR
FEATURE STORY UP NEXT.
HELP!
ANYONE?

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