Television programme : HORIZON: HYPERNOVA…Picture Shows: A feeding black hole devours nearby interstellar gas, spurting out the excess material in two jets at one third of the velocity of light.TX: BBC TWO Thursday, October 18, 2001Unseen and heard in the vastness of space, mysterious explosions of unimaginable violence are ripping through the universe many times a day. They are so powerful that the could shred the Earth’s solar system to bits. ‘Horizon’ discovers that this terrifying phenomenon may be the secret of how the universe began.WARNING: This BBC copyright image may be used only to publicise current BBC programmes or other BBC output. Any other use whatsoever without specific prior approval from the BBC may result in legal action….BBC TWO Unmanipulated pictureThursday, October 18, 2001