This video introduces some of the oddest objects in space: black holes, bottomless gravity pits that can trap even light; neutron stars, more massive than our Sun but packed into spheres less than ten miles across; quasars, those beacons from the dawn of the universe; and, for an explosive finale, supernovas. Magnetars and the Local Bubble are also discussed, along with CHIPS, the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 21, 2006. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Black Holes (4:49) -- Neutron Stars and Pulsars (4:15) -- Quasars (2:03) -- Supernovae (5:48) -- The Interstellar Medium (2:36).