Black cloud. Hoyle F.

Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001) - a famous British astronomer and writer. He worked on the theory of evolution of stars and the “red giants”. He developed a basic outbreak model of supernova and stationary model of the universe. According to some reports, it was he who introduced the concept of “big explosion” into science. The author of philosophical, adventure, children's novels and popular science books.

January 1964. In the process of standard scanning of the sky on Mount Palomar in California, the astronomer notes a strange black spot covering the stars. Further observation of an unidentified object brings disappointing news: a gaseous cluster of an unknown composition moves to the sun with great speed. The information is carefully hidden from the population, but at the level of the leadership of the international community there is hard work. A group of scientists from different countries gathers in the English town of Nortonstow to evaluate the risks and develop a plan for saving the planet from the cosmic threat.