The Black Hole Project

丹佛自然与科学博物馆正在为PBS科学系列NOVA制作一小时的高清电视节目“黑洞王国”，以及为天文馆剧院制作20分钟的全动态节目“黑洞：无限的另一面”。 这两种媒体产品都将利用领先科学家与国家超级计算应用中心合作进行的大规模可视化工作。 该节目将通过使用科学模拟和基于数据的动画来说明恒星的生命周期和星系的诞生，来研究高能天体物理学正在发生的广泛革命。 这两个专题介绍将得到一个供公众使用的网站以及供教师和非正规教育工作者使用的宣传材料和资源的支持。媒体制作将在托马斯卢卡斯制作公司总裁托马斯卢卡斯的指导下进行，并由伊利诺伊大学香槟分校艺术设计学院教授唐娜考克斯共同制作。 Paula Apsell将担任NOVA节目的执行制片人，Joslyn Schoemer将担任天文馆节目的执行制片人。 科学顾问包括：加州理工学院理论天体物理学教授Roger Blandford、丹佛自然科学博物馆空间科学馆长Laura Danly、圣地亚哥加州大学天体物理学教授Michael Norman、史密森天体物理观测站钱德拉X射线中心主任Harvey Tannanbaum、和大卫汤普森，天体物理学家，高能天体物理实验室，美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心。

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is producing "Realm of the Black Hole," a one-hour high definition television program for the PBS science series NOVA and "Black Hole: The Other Side of Infinity," a twenty-minute full motion program for planetarium theaters. Both of these media products will draw upon a large-scale visualization effort conducted by leading scientists in collaboration with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The shows will examine the broad revolution now taking place in high-energy astrophysics by using scientific simulations and data-based animations to illustrate the life cycle of stars and the birth of galaxies. The two presentations will be supported by a website designed for use by the general public and by outreach materials and resources for teachers and informal educators. The media production will be under the direction of Thomas Lucas, President of Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc., and co-produced by Donna Cox, Professor, School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Paula Apsell will be the Executive Producer for the NOVA program and Joslyn Schoemer will be Executive Producer for the planetarium show. The Science Advisors include Roger Blandford, Professor, Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology; Laura Danly, Space Science Curator, Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Michael Norman, Professor, Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego; Harvey Tannanbaum, Director, Chandra X-Ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; and David Thompson, Astrophysicist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.